Hello! :) Now that marching season is officially over for me, concert season is just beginning. My school's band has a group where all the best players of each section play harder music in concert season. There are only two baris (me included of course) and I really wanna get in, since only...

OK, so it's not very long, but for concert band it's pretty exciting.... for those that can't wait, it starts at 3:00 into the song.

Hi there, I've been given a pretty cool opportunity to start a band program for a local school. Those who have started bands, directed bands, etc - what would you do if you had this chance? I want to start right, plan well, and get a good momentum started, and I like the idea of starting it...

Some discussion of another thread has lead me to post this thread, rather then hijack it. When I was playing alto in ninth grade, I switched from my S80 C* mouthpiece to a Meyer 6M, Small Chamber (wonderful mouthpiece). I used this mouthpiece in both concert band and the jazz ensemble. My...