Drum Corps and Marching Bands, to most
observers, are the same thing. Under the surface, however they each
have their own unique styles of music, marching, and pagentry.
This is the second of two articles written by David Law, past president of the Iowa Bandmaster's Association on the topic of keeping your spirit up as a band director. After a while the constant grind of preparing for concerts or organizing other events and rehearsals wears a person down. As a band director you need to find a way to keep your spirits up and your passion for music education alive. Read on to learn ten great tips to help you keep your chin up and the fire burning.
David Law has written a very intropective article on what it means to be a band director and how important it is that we not overburden ourselves with duties to the point that we forget to nurture our own soul as a person. As a band director it is very easy to lose yourself in the daily barrage of band rehearsals, lessons, after school practices and performances. This is the first of two articles he has written that were originally published in the Iowa Bandmaster Magazine.
DCI.org published a great little article last year about making the transition from being a performer in a drum corps to being a music major in college. Here is the summary from the article:
Jeremy Logan, 20, is a junior music education major at Louisiana State University. He has marched for the past two years in the Cavaliers front ensemble and ages out in 2006. I asked him how his experiences in drum corps have helped or hindered him as a college music major, and how his corps experiences might help him in his future professional life.
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