Middle School Band


The site for mentoring Band Directors of all ages.

Intonation


Tuning the Band by Doug Dee

Jazz Concepts


Developing the Student Jazz Musician Through Playing the Blues by Anthony Denaro
 

Key Signatures


Key Signature Worksheet


Style


Teaching Style Drillsheet


Time Signatures


Time Signature Worksheet

Rhythm


GMEA 2015 Clinic "I've Got Rhythm"

Scale and Rhythm Sheet

Sixteenth Rhythm Sheet

Six Eight Rhythm Sheet 

Jim Skipper 4/4 Time Rhythm Sheet

Jim Skipper Cut Time Rhythm Sheet

Jim Skipper Fast 6/8 Rhythm Sheet

Jim Skipper Slow 6/8 Rhythm Sheet

Rhythm Sheet WN6

Rhythm Sheet WN 7  Thanks to David Wilkes (Band Director at Woodward Academy North) for the WN Rhythm Sheets.

Rehearsal Techniques & Band Director Strategies​


All State Audition Preparation by Kenneth F. Beard

Festival Preparation by Derik Clackum  (This is really good!)

Teaching Articulation Styles  by Bill Melton

Large Group Performance Preparation  by Kenneth F. Beard

Little Things, Big Differences by David Gregory, Director of Bands, Reinhardt University, Waleska, GA. This was presented at the 2011 GMEA In-Service Conference.

Not a Silverback, But Definitely Not a Monkey by Michael Oubre and Audrey Murphy. This was presented at the 2011 GMEA In-Service Conference.

Rehearsal Plan by Kenneth F. Beard, for use to help students understand what must be done to prepare for performance.  Powerpoint version here.


Practice Strategies


The One Two Three Method   by Dr. Douglas Hill, Director of Instrumental Ensembles and Undergraduate Studies Mercer University


Marching Band


Here is a marching band Recruitment Trailer that South Paulding HS made for recruitment from the Middle School.  Seems like a good idea for anyone to copy.


Summer Camps


Encore! Music Camp is a summer band camp for 5th through 9th grade students.

Mercer University has a summer band camp.  The brochure is here, and the website link is here.  It looks like a great staff of teachers!

Athena Music and Leadership Camp / An all girls band and orchestra camp, June 5-9, 2012 

More to come.  Please contact us at daddy@banddaddy.com if you would like to submit an article about teaching Middle School Band for publication on this site.