GET ACCESS TO 100's OF PAGES OF INSTRUMENTAL PEDAGOGY AND ENSEMBLE DEVELOPMENT!
OVER 400 PAGES OF FLUTE, OBOE, CLARINET, SAXOPHONE, AND BASSOON PEDAGOGY METHODS AND SUPPLEMENTAL EXERCISES
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OVER 200 PAGES OF TRUMPET, FRENCH HORN, TROMBONE, EUPHONIUM, AND TUBA PEDAGOGY METHODS AND SUPPLEMENTAL EXERCISES
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ADDITIONAL HANDOUTS ON GENERAL BAND METHODS, SELECTING LITERATURE, UIL CONCERT AND SIGHT READING PREPARATION, AND MUCH MORE!
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NEW Updates to Woodwind and Brass Handouts
SPRING 2025

PACKAGES AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE NOW!!

 

900+ PAGES OF PEDAGOGICAL AND BAND DIRECTING INFORMATION

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

WOODWIND
BRASS
BAND DIRECTING

168 WOODWIND INSTRUCTIONAL VIDEOS

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.

WOODWIND VIDEOS

 COVID-19 SAFETY PROTOCOLS WERE IN PLACE DURING CREATION OF VIDEOS IN JULY/AUGUST 2020

APPRECIATION EXTENDED TO THE FOLLOWING FINE ARTS DIRECTORS, HEAD BAND DIRECTORS AND UNIVERSITY METHODS INSTRUCTORS FOR FACILITATING THE PURCHASE OF SUBSCRIPTIONS FOR THE BAND DIRECTORS WITHIN THEIR DISTRICT OR CLUSTER AT VARIOUS TIMES SINCE 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

For school districts purchasing 20 or more group subscriptions for their band directors, a $5 discount per subscription will be given to package #1 or #2 listed on the Membership Page. 
School district PO’s are accepted by both Fine Arts Directors and/or individual band directors.
Please e-mail John Benzer directly at jbenzer66@gmail.com to set up subscription purchases through district PO’s. 

For NON-PO related questions, please email support@johnbenzer.com