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The A to Z Approach to Band Management
Rachel Ee
A for Accessories: Remember to budget for accessories!
Woodwind players need new reeds and brass players need
their instruments to be well-oiled, polishing cloths and swabs
are needed and band members must know the importance
of good instrument maintenance.
B for Bonding: Create opportunities for band members
to develop stronger ties. Organise band outings or even go
outdoors for leadership camps.
C for Concerts: Work with your conductor to plan for
concerts and other public performances. Establish a working
timeline and a checklist to prevent last minute panic. And
encourage students to invite their friends and family!
D for Discipline: Emphasise the importance of task
commitment and discipline. Set ground rules and ask
band members to work together to ensure that the band is
committed towards enforcing the rules set. Design the band
programme to include marching and drills.
E for Enrichment: Encourage band members to attend
band concerts as a form of enrichment. Budget for funds that
students can use as subsidy for concerts.
F for Fund-Raising: Some projects (e.g., overseas trips)
require some fund-raising efforts. Discuss with your band
members how to go about raising funds.
G for Grants: Check with your school administrator
concerning available funds for instrument purchase. File all
grant application documents and contact the band offi cers if
you want to check if your school is eligible for any grants.
H for Housekeeping: Keep the band room clean and
tidy. Plan a duty roster and remind members that it is their
responsibility to keep the band room clean.
I for Intervention: Monitor the attendance of your band
members and contact band members who miss band
practice.
J for Juniors: Work with senior band members to devise
strategies for the induction of band recruits. Work with the
band conductor to plan a good programme to motivate them
during the beginning stages of learning an instrument.
K for KISS (Keep it Short and Simple): Aim for short but
effective band practices. Long rehearsals can be very tiring
for the band members.
L for Listening: A lot can be learnt through listening. Build
up a library of band CDs and DVDs and encourage band
members to use these resources.
M for Motivation: Show your support for your band
members by encouraging them and affi rming their efforts.
Research has shown that social factors such as parental and
teacher support and interactions with peers are deemed as
being more important than amount of practice time devoted
to achieving peak levels of music performance!
N for Note-reading: Insist on music literacy. Band members
need to develop their capacity to recognise motifs and
patterns and cope with pulse, rhythm and metre as well as
tonality and pitch. These complex relationships form a basis
for learning and the band member uses them to develop
an awareness of the syntax of the music that they learn.
Knowing how to react to the instructions provided in the
music notation can greatly enhance the expression of their
performance.
O for Originals: Composers and arrangers devote much
effort to composing works for band. Do purchase the original
set of scores for the works that your band intends to play.
P for Practice: Rehearsals are ineffective if the band director
has to keep correcting mistakes repeatedly. Band members
should adopt good practice strategies to improve their skills.
Q for Quarterly Reviews: Do a quarterly, if not monthly,
review of the band programme. This could include a check on
existing funds, attendance, planning for upcoming projects
and stocktaking.
R for Repertoire: Ensure adequate funds to purchase new
music for the band. Consult your band director in the planning
process and make it a point to acquire pieces to suit different
kinds of functions.
S for Scheduling: Always check the school calendar and
make a note of the activities that may ‘clash’ with the band
rehearsals. It can be frustrating for band directors to hold a
rehearsal when many of the band members are not present.
T for Tutors: Engage instrument tutors from time to time to
conduct masterclasses so that students have the opportunity
of learning useful instrument tips and skills.
U for Uniforms: Remember to check if students need new
band uniforms and do keep a couple of spare uniforms in
the band room.
V for Vacation: Plan vacation practices early and
disseminate the information to parents/guardians of band
members. Remember too, that members need a welldeserved
break.
W for Washing: Make sure band members know how to
clean their instruments! Make sure band members know
what their instruments are made of and what materials are
appropriate for their type of instrument. For example, not
all brass instruments require Brasso polishing! Students
also need to know how to dry their instruments (beware
termites!). Woodwind instruments also need to ensure that
the instrument pads are dry so that there is no build-up of
mildew.
X for X-plore: Find new ways for your band to perform and
gain exposure. Consider planning exchanges with other
schools so that students can interact and learn from other
band members. Be on the lookout for overseas festivals and
competitions and work together with fellow teachers to plan
for such events.
Y for Youth: Asides managing the band programme, the
teacher-in-charge also has to know how to manage his or
her students.
Z for Zeal: Be passionate about what you do and continue to
inspire students with your enthusiasm! Above all, continue to
find new ways to improve on the existing band programme.

Yepp, we are having 3 weeks band break from now.
Enjoy this break, but at the same time don't forget to practice!
1 hour a day at least [:
Next year is very important, it's SYF, which is about 4 months away from now.
Hope that everyone will work hard during this period.
Work on Overture No. 1& Jericho. The Jericho recording is alr in the band blog, so please listen to it (:
& remember to do long tones and tongue-ing exercises.
We must do well for SYF, don't let Mr Tan's 9 years with us go to waste& we'll get back our GOLD! :D
I know we can do it! (:
Kk, enjoy your holidays& see you on the 30th [:

-SY