Wendy Higdon
Do a Band Faculty Book Study! On Teaching Band: Notes from Eddie Green
​ If you are fortunate enough to work in a school district where there are other band directors (or even if you don't), I encourage you...
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Wendy Higdon
- Aug 9, 2015
- 4 min
Teaching Clarinet: Introducing Articulation
For the fifth and final post in this series, I will be focusing on my method for introducing articulation to beginning clarinetists. ...
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Wendy Higdon
- Jul 29, 2015
- 6 min
Teaching Clarinet: The Fourth Lesson
It's Day Four of Beginning Clarinet Class! Today, the students will be doing lots of review and continued development of skills learned...
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Wendy Higdon
- Jul 24, 2015
- 6 min
Teaching Clarinet: The Third Lesson
It's an exciting day! Today is the day that my students will take home their clarinets for the very first time. Read more about how I...
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Wendy Higdon
- Jul 17, 2015
- 6 min
Teaching Clarinet: Day Two
After spending the first lesson getting acquainted with our new instruments and learning a little about body awareness, it's time to...
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Wendy Higdon
- Jul 14, 2015
- 7 min
Teaching Clarinet: The Very First Lesson
In June, I teach a three week summer band class for beginning students along with my colleagues. We teach Summer Band as an entire...
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Wendy Higdon
- Jun 13, 2015
- 2 min
What's the Mood in Your Band Room?
My colleagues and I attended some district-wide professional development this past spring where we discussed the uniqueness of the...
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Wendy Higdon
- Jun 2, 2015
- 2 min
I've Got My Eye On You!
Music is an aural art form. We all know that. We are trained to listen to our bands and provide instruction based on what we hear. So...
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Wendy Higdon
- May 29, 2015
- 2 min
How I'm Spending My Summer Break
Like many of you, I will be be keeping busy over the summer. I will be doing some teaching, attending workshops and staff retreats,...
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Wendy Higdon
- May 26, 2015
- 4 min
Tending to a New Crop
In a week, I will be starting a new crop of beginning band students-- my 25th opportunity to share this most exciting and crucial time...
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