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Interview:
Beatboxing with Greg Pattillo
“There was a point at which I wanted to take photography instead of band, but Mom put her foot down and said, ‘You are going to play music.’ I’m glad she did.”
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Marching Clinic:
Filling Holes
“Holes in the drill would be easy to fix if the students who left your program were the last people on the outside of open-ended, unconnected forms, but this is rarely the case.”
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Teaching:
Teaching with Analogies
There are dozens of great techniques to help clarinet students. One teacher suggested students learn to tongue lightly by imagining using one cell of the tongue to touch the one fiber of the reed.
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String Clinic:
Cello Fundamentals
“If taught incorrectly, vibrato can be a nervous, uncontrollable quiver, so narrow that it adds nothing to the sound. It cannot be turned on and off, made wider and narrower, faster or slower.”
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Personal Perspective:
My Take on Marching
“Every year I ask music education students which experiences led them to pursue a career in music education. The majority of the responses are experiences in marching band – sometimes from a competition, but more often the simple enjoyment of playing the music.”
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Life of Reely:
The Lesson
“I’m sorry about your cat, but don’t you think there was still some time during the week before and after the funeral?”
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