Jazz Articulation

A hundred years ago, when I was young, they used to teach jazz articulation with vocal syllables. Each type of articulation had a very specific syllable. I sort of remember, but don't. Does anyone know what I'm talking about?

Jazz Ed Network Conference May 20-22, St. Louis...You are invited!

Make history and attend the first Jazz Education Network Conference at the Univ. of Mo. in St. Louis May 20-22!
Better yet....apply to have your group perform or do a clinic! Submissions due Oct. 30th. More info online at:
www.JazzEdNet.org .....you can register or apply online today!

BAND METHOD!

Hello all,

Very exciting news from me and FJH. This week I'm going into the recording studio to begin recording a new band method that will be released by FJH with preview copies available at Midwest. The method, "Measures of Success," is written by an amazing team including Deb Sheldon (Temple University), Robert Sheldon, Timothy Loest, David Collier (Percussion, Univ. of Illinois), and myself. While we're not seeking to reinvent the wheel as many other methods have sound approaches, there are…

What's New for 2009-2010

The members of MSBandDirector.com have added many new content items over the past year through collaboration.
These useful educational items appear mostly in the forums with a small few appearing in the blog section of the site.
As new items become popular to more and more members, they are tracked and eventually make their way to the main page.

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Stimulus package for instruments

I got this as an email and thought that I would share. If anyone takes the initiative on this, please let the rest of us know how it goes...


ARRA
AMERICAN RECOVERY AND REINVESTMENT ACT 2009
EXAMPLE OF AN ALLOCATION UNDER TITLE I FOR
EL PASO ISD, TX.:
$28,784,966
Important information about ARRA from
National Educational Music Company, Ltd.
Dear Music Educator,

Billions of dollars are on their way to the fifty states to be invested in education. The first of these funds was slated for distribu…