Performing at Adjudicated Festivals While Traveling How to prepare your students to perform confidently in front of judges — even...
Read moreDetailsFrom buses to airports to performance venues — how to safeguard your ensemble’s gear and handle breakdowns on the go....
Read moreDetailsHow to make sure music travel is equitable, accessible, and meaningful for every student — regardless of economic background. In...
Read moreDetailsBudgeting for School Music Trips A step-by-step guide to building realistic, transparent, and stress-free budgets that make your music trip...
Read moreDetailsDealing With Medical Emergencies on School Music Trips How to prepare, respond, and protect students and staff when unexpected health...
Read moreDetailsYou walk into a restaurant. You’re seated, handed a menu, and you make a selection with your waiter. A few…
By Bob Rogers Travel Picture this: It’s a bright, beautiful November morning. Your students are performing alongside hundreds of…
I spent the first weekend of May 2019 in the usual annual place: Band Geek Nirvana.
Student travel is returning, and we learned a lot from COVID-19 cancelations and disappointments. As you start to plan for…
Performance travel is one of those subjects that often gets covered quickly in your music education courses. You might remember…
As the end of the school year is within sight and vaccine distribution continues to improve, teachers and students alike…
With so many other tasks on the metaphorical plate of the school music director, why might one want to go…
For 26 years, the Virginia International Arts Festival has brought a star-studded cast of musical performers to the Hampton Roads…
What a long, strange trip it’s been. So…. where do we go from here? Similar to the world of music…