
Handouts included essentially serve as a teaching manual on how to teach instruments covering posture, breathing, instrument assembly/disassembly, embouchure and sound formation, hand position, flexibility, range extension and articulation
Pedagogical Information for all band instruments updated regularly to reflect modern trends in band teaching
Supplemental Exercises for all wind instruments to improve the fundamentals of instrumentalists at both the middle school/junior high and high school level
Band Directing Information covering many aspects of teaching band including the teaching fundamentals, choosing music, teaching All-Region/All-State music, taking a band to UIL and much more
The videos available will enhance band directors in their efforts to train students and be a supplement to help with potential roadblocks and setbacks you may encounter throughout the year.
All videos are embedded directly into www.johnbenzer.com and can only be accessed through your personal profile and membership password.
FOR EACH WOODWIND INSTRUMENT
Former University of Houston music education students—now Texas public school band directors and private lesson teachers— model various aspects of woodwind instrument pedagogy. There are 120+ videos that will demonstrate and go through the steps necessary to teach:
posture, breathing, instrument assembly/disassembly, maintenance, embouchure and sound formation, hand position, flexibility, range extension, articulation, etc.
INSTRUMENT-SPECIFIC EXERCISES
There are an additional 20+ videos with performers modeling specific exercises to help create characteristic, consistent and resonant sounds…….as well as various supplemental exercises that are specific to their instrument.
COVID-19 SAFETY PROTOCOLS WERE IN PLACE DURING CREATION OF VIDEOS IN JULY/AUGUST 2020
David Bertman and Dana Pradervand, University of Houston
Jodie Rhodes, Texas State University
Darwert Johnson, Mansfield ISD
Scott McDonald, Texas Lutheran University
John Alstrin, Prosper ISD
Dr. James Drew, Fort Bend ISD
Larry Doran, on behalf of Midlothian HS Cluster
Christina Gonzalez (formerly April Pickrell), Santa Fe Public Schools, New Mexico
Amanda Drinkwater, Lewisville ISD
Sam Harris, Galena Park ISD