Band director

Associate Band Director Andrew Buttermore directs a song during the Ames High School band holiday concert Monday evening at the high school auditorium. Another school music concert this week is the joint Mitchell and Sawyer elementaries chorus concert at 6 p.m. on Thursday at Ames Middle School. Photo by Sarina Rhinehart/Ames Tribune

Young band directors and first year music teachers, this article is for you! Learn about the top 10 mistakes that young band directors make such as poor programming, lack of planning, not establishing relationships, rushing the fundamentals, marketing your music program, making excuses, fixing your ego and more! Valuable lessons for beginning band teachers, middle school band directors, and high school band directors! #banddirectorstalkshop #banddirector

We can always turn to other directors around us for valuable tips and strategies. In this article, 5 organizational tips are discussed.

Here are some of the things they don't teach (warn) you about when you major in music. You sure learn them hands on as a band director though!

Pearl City High School band director Chadwick Kamei remembers having four different band directors when he played saxophone at Castle High School. Every year, he’d have to adjust to new leadership, new musical tastes, new instruction techniques.