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Here are some ideas, both old and new, NAfME offers valuable When a young tips to help make life for creating the best opportunities for trumpeter passed easier for everyone. musical ever with your music educators to away, director Jamie students! pursue professional Clark led the student’s development, enhance bandmates through their curricula, and the grieving process. investigate cutting-edge research. Cover photo by by Omar Sanders. Omar Sanders. by photo by Cover Victoria Chamberlin, victoriachamberlin.com. Photo this page by 1 Teaching Music OCTOBER 2017 October 2017 contents Volume 25, Number 2 A happy herd of pool noodle ponies can bring musical horseplay 55 to your elementary classroom. DISCOVERIES The causes of—and solutions to—the “pops” and “thuds” that can plague beginning saxophonists 20 Nicole Worzel WORKSHOP 14 General Music Building and playing kalimbas DEPARTMENTS in the classroom 48 Brass & Woodwinds CLASSROOMS Developing range in trumpet The mighty Drums of Thunder players the right way 48 from Montclair, New Jersey 12 Strings Teaching older beginners 49 ADVOCACY Percussion A Rhode Island band director The joys and pitfalls of elementary advocates for state-level change. 14 percussion ensembles 50 Choral & Vocal RESEARCH Planning the winter choral concert 51 The results of Give a Note’s demographic study 16 Alternatives The ringtone composition project 52 TECHNOLOGY STAGES Tools to help students sight-read and sight-sing 18 Elementary Hi-yo, pool noodle ponies! 55 Secondary 7 Blueprint for a best-behaving band 56 PRO•FILES Collegiate 7 The 2017 National The benefi ts of forming a Tri-M® Band Director of the chapter at your school 58 Year, Emily McNeil ... 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