The Instrumentalist
August/September 2024-April/May 2025, vol. 79
Interviews and Profiles
The Band from Tenaha Takes the Biggest Stage, An Interview with Brian Sours by Karen Gregg (12/24-1/25, p. 14)
A Conversation with Linda Pulley by Heather Dipasquale (2/25-3/25, p. 7)
Honor the Past, Love the Present, Dream the Future: A Conversation with Erin Althen by James M. Rohner (8/24-9/24, p. 6)
A Life in Music, Remembering Quincy Jones (12/24-1/25, p. 6)
Remembering Walfrid Kujala (4/25-5/25, p. 24)
The Shape of Success: A Conversation with Darrin Davis and Greg Bimm by Kevin Schoenbach (4/25-5/25, p. 4)
Teacher for Life, An Interview with Philip Edelman by Tom Lizotte (10/24-11/24, p. 11)
Writing Her Own Soundtrack, An Interview with Michele Fernández by Kevin Schoenbach (12/24-1/25, p. 8)
Teaching and Rehearsal Ideas
Conducting Clinic: Comfortably Comprehensive by Lance Jones (2/25-3/25, p. 14)
Five Tips for Guiding Student Arrangers by Clifton Taylor (2/25-3/25, p. 12)
Four Students Make Their Mark, Indelible Lessons in Composing, Conducting, and Life by Ari Contzius and Nikki Redeker (8/24-9/24, p. 17)
Game Day Marching Band Procedures by Bill Thomas (4/25-5/25, p. 16)
Instantly Hooked: Memorable Stories from the Podium (4/25-5/25, p. 12)
Learning to Thrive in a Small School, Lessons from Veteran Directors by Rebecca Rodgers Warren (10/24-11/24, p. 6)
Middle School Ideas: The Rewards of Repetition by Heather Dipasquale (10/24-11/24, p. 48)
A Midwest Journey Takes Flight, Rehearsing with the Triangle Youth Jazz Ensemble by Kevin Schoenbach (12/24-1/25, p. 18)
Safeguarding Mental Health, A Marching Rountable by Jason P. Cumberledge (8/24-9/24, p. 27)
Setting Your Jazz Band Up for Success by Tom Lizotte (4/25-5/25, p. 32)
Clinics
What’s the Deal with Saxophone Quartets? by Andrew J. Allen (12/24-1/25, p. 25)
Woodwind Clinic: Embouchure and Oral Cavity Development, A Sequential Approach for Teaching Clarinetists by Rob Patterson (10/24-11/24, p. 15)
Instrumentalist Classics
Copland on Composing by Richard Cromonic (8/24-9/24, p. 32)
Lessons from The Chief by Donald Hunsberger (4/25-5/25, p. 2)
Personal Perspective
A Daring Idea Whose Time Has Come by Mark Camphouse (8/24-9/24, p. 12)
Leading With Strength by Tom Trimborn (2/25-3/25, p. 40)
The Teacher’s Studio
A regular column by Senior Contributing Editor, Patricia George
By Default (4/25-5/25, p. 21)
Note Endings (8/24-9/24, p. 24)
Pluck and Play (10/24-11/24, p. 18)
Remembering a Legend (12/24-1/25, p. 21)
Sensitive Flute Fingerings (2/25-3/25, p. 36)
Trey Reely
Columns and Articles by Contributing Editor Trey Reely
A Band-Aid for Boredom (12/24-1/25, p. 40)
The Great American T-Shirt Battles of 2007 and 2008 (2/25-3/25, p. 2)
Miscellaneous
Annual Directory of Summer Camps and Clinics (2/25-3/25, p. 16)
Flute Summer Programs (2/25-3/25, p. 34)
In Memoriam:
Walfrid Kujala(12/24-1/25, p. 4)
William F. Stansell (2/25-3/25, p. 4)
John A. Thomson (2/25-3/25, p. 4)
National Band Association Journal (12/24-1/25, p. 29)
Notes from Northbrook: Moments That Matter by James M. Rohner (8/24-9/24, p. 2)
Notes from Northbrook: The Sound of Music by James T. Rohner (12/24-1/25, p. 2)
Notes from Northbrook: Think Big by Steven Browne (10/24-11/24, p. 2)
The 2024 Directory of Music Schools and Colleges, (10/24-11/24, p. 20)
Index of Authors
Andrew J. Allen (12/24-1/25, p. 25)
Steven Browne (10/24-11/24, p. 2)
Ari Contzius and Nikki Redeker (8/24-9/24, p. 17)
Mark Camphouse (8/24-9/24, p. 12)
Richard Cromonic (8/24-9/24, p. 32)
Jason P. Cumberledge (8/24-9/24, p. 27)
Heather Dipasquale (10/24-11/24, p. 48, 2/25-3/25, p. 7)
Patricia George (8/24-9/24, p. 24, 10/24-11/24, p. 18, 12/24-1/25, p. 21, 2/25-3/25, p. 36, 4/25-5/25, p. 21)
Karen Gregg (12/24-1/25, p. 14)
Donald Hunsberger (4/25-5/25, p. 2)
Tom Lizotte (10/24-11/24, p. 11, 4/25-5/25, p. 32)
Rob Patterson (10/24-11/24, p. 15)
James M. Rohner (8/24-9/24, p. 2, 6)
James T. Rohner (12/24-1/25, p. 2)
Trey Reely (12/24-1/25, p. 40, 2/25-3/25, p. 2)
Kevin Schoenbach (12/24-1/25, p. 8, 18, 4/25-5/25, p. 4)
Clifton Taylor (2/25-3/25, p. 12)
Bill Thomas (4/25-5/25, p. 16)
Tom Trimborn (2/25-3/25, p. 40)
Rebecca Rodgers Warren (10/24-11/24, p. 6)