21Feb
02Feb
Recruiting Students for Music Programs
Recruiting new students is vital to every music program and can have a tremendous impact on its success. And, if you have been a Music Director for a couple of years, you know you have to be prepared to show students and parents the magical wonders of music. Even if your school has a great music program, it is still important to do some marketing and promoting. All of this takes time and a lot of energy, but it's well...
31Jan
Disney on Broadway
Breathtaking! Amazing! Phenomenal! You hear these adjectives time and time again from friends, family, and others who've just seen a Broadway musical production. It is a truly magical experience. And, when traveling to New York City with your band, choir or orchestra, experiencing a Broadway musical is something you just can't miss. Broadway boasts dozens of venues located in Manhattan's Theater District along Broadway from 42nd Street to Lincoln Center. The majority of the shows are musicals, and they are...
02Jan
Musicians without Borders
Where war has raged, people need everything to return to life: food, water, shelter, clothing, medicine. But more than anything, people need hope. To reconcile, people need empathy. To heal, people need connection and community. Music creates empathy, builds connection and gives hope. Music crosses ethnic divides and provides neutral space to meet through shared talents and passions. Community music-making is a direct and accessible tool for connecting people and engaging and mobilizing communities. And through the power of music,...
02Jan
Meet MTC Tour Director Sue Guindon
Music Travel’s professional Tour Directors use their commitment and experience to ensure the music director’s and the group’s trip are successful. Rest assured, if the unpredictable happens, your Tour Director it there ready to tackle the unpredictable and get the trip back on track. When it comes to tour directing, Sue Guindon is hard to beat. Her personality, resourcefulness, experience, attention to detail, quick thinking and her constant "going beyond the call of duty" work ethic makes up the total package...
02Jan
A Music Trip to Disney Parks
There's a reason that music performance and music education opportunities are so abundant at Walt Disney theme parks. Music brings feeling and heart into films and stage plays. Didn't you melt, just a little, when first you heard “When You Wish Upon a Star” in Pinocchio? The Pinocchio theme song, released with Disney's second animated feature film in 1940, has become an iconic theme for the Disney organization. For decades, Disney has brought evil and good to life by harnessing the power of music to tell...
02Jan
Featured Destination: Germany and Austria
This edition features Franklin Central's Concert Choir traveling on their custom choir trip to Germany and Austria. The group not only had the opportunity to give multiple once-in-a-lifetime performances, but the group was also able to experience these popular stops and events: Neuschwanstein, Dachau, Salt Mine, Trick Fountains at Hellbrunn, Salzburg City Center, Kursalon, and Henrici Restaurant at Esterhazy. Behind the poster advertising its Eisenstadt, Austria concert, the Franklin Central Concert Choir rehearses in Haydn Hall. Arriving in Munich, Franklin Central started...
02Jan
Puttin’ on the Ritz with Jeff Buchanan!
Meet Jeff Buchanan A longtime Ohio school music teacher and 2002 Teacher of the Year, Jeff Buchanan is an alumnus of Medina High School (Ohio) and Bowling Green State University. He served on the OMEA State Board as District II President and Technology Rep, and he's a past-president of the BGSU Alumni Band Board of Directors. Jeff's bands received numerous superior ratings at OMEA adjudicated events, and he is a former director of the Heidelberg College Brass Band. An active composer...
01Jan
New York City Choir Trip
The City that never sleeps! The Big Apple! It’s like no other city in the world—giant skyscrapers, world-famous attractions, fabulous museums, marvelous restaurants, exclusive shops, don't miss performances at Lincoln Center, and spectacular Broadway shows! A renewed spirit of energy and vitality rings throughout America’s largest city—one of the world’s greatest destinations! You just can't go wrong with a New York City trip. Here’s a look at the Big Apple, following in the footsteps of our friends from the Bismarck...
16Sep
