Lertkiat Chongjirajitra is the principal trumpet of the Bangkok Symphony, a trumpet/brass lecturer for the Silpakorn University Faculty of Music, the director of the Bangkok Silpakorn Wind Orchestra, and a Yamaha Artist.
Dave Hawley and SmartMusic in Texas
Savvy SmartMusic teacher Asa Burk and MakeMusic’s Dave Hawley at TBA.
The Texas Bandmasters Association Convention (TBA) is the largest annual state bandmasters’ association in the country, with over 6,500 attendees and more than 600 industry-related exhibitors.
J. D. Shaw, SmartMusic, and the Phantom Regiment
Horn virtuoso J. D. Shaw was a founding member of the Boston Brass, with whom he served as a music director and arranger for 15 years, helping create their signature sound.
SmartMusic and the Florida Commission Project
The Florida Bandmasters Association, Banddirector.com, and MakeMusic have teamed up to provide a music learning and performance opportunity for the directors and students of Florida.
Meet SmartMusic Teacher Cathi Leibinger
Cathryn “Cathi” Leibinger is the band director at Ransom Everglades Middle School, a private school just south of Miami in Coconut Grove, Florida.
Catching up on my Reading
Does the holiday break give you a chance to catch up on your reading, too? I just discovered SmartMusic references in two articles in the October issue of Teaching Music Magazine.
The Best Excuse Ever
Remember the classic excuse “my dog ate my homework?” Mischievous kids have always been creative in explaining why they are unable to turn in their work on time.
New “Fun Titles” in SmartMusic
Our Repertoire Development Team has been extremely prolific lately, constantly adding to the SmartMusic Library. In addition to legions of band and orchestra titles, they recently added two solo collections of easy tunes that you may wish to share with your students just for fun:
To find them on-line, visit SmartMusic.com and click on Find Music to get here, then under “Solos and Methods,” enter “Easy Christmas” or “Movie” in the title field.
Preparing for Solo Contest with SmartMusic
In last week’s blog post, I offered various methods on how to find solo literature in SmartMusic. This week I would like to highlight a teacher I met this past summer who has put SmartMusic to excellent use in his program, including getting wonderful results using solo repertoire at contest time.