About Brandon J. Duras

As the New Year begins, if you haven’t thought about your Spring concerts, you better start now! Here are some things to consider as you prepare for your next performances to close out the school year!

Consider collaborating with a colleague and coming up with an interdisciplinary lesson plan or course to show students the breadth and depth of music.

Conductors do more than keep time. Here are five reasons to work at your conducting skills so you can lead and inspire your ensembles.

Finding new composers and securing funds to commission pieces is worth the time and effort. Not only are you building diverse repertoire and expanding the canon, but you are providing your students with the unique opportunity to meet composers and dissect their work.

Try these tips to challenge your students to listen, react, communicate, perform and ultimately, to be musical!