Habits of a Successful Middle School Band Director

a practical guide to all aspects of the middle school band program, including:
• Recruiting for beginners
• Mouthpiece testing and instrumentation
• Running an effective middle school rehearsal
• Teaching strategies for middle school
• Repertoire suggestions
• Warm-ups for beginner, intermediate, and advanced middle school players

Additional sections address musicianship, classroom management, working with parents and colleagues, assessment, technology, the middle school mind, minor instrument repair, private lessons . . . even traveling with middle school students.