I don’t know how your school or district works, but in our district, preliminary budgets are allocated to schools in January, and a plan to spend those funds must be in place by March.
Rethinking Middle School General Music
There are many master teachers who make middle school general music a wonderful class where students learn about music and achieve national and state standards.
Keeping Music Students Engaged Through Spring
When I taught high school, one of my formulas for success was to schedule our spring concert as late in the year as I could, often the Monday after Memorial Day.