We hope you have enjoyed the tips from Mr. Donald Kalugyer, Band Director at Greenwood Middle School that we shared throughout October. We appreciate Donald sitting down with us and we certainly hope you enjoy the full interview below.
We hope you have enjoyed the tips from Mrs. Heather Nieto, Director of Orchestras at Belzer Middle School in Lawrence Township in Indianapolis over the last few weeks. We close this month by offering you the full interview with Heather. Enjoy!
We hope you have enjoyed the tips from Sam Fritz at Center Grove Middle School Central over the last few weeks. We close this month by offering you the full interview with Sam along with everything else that has been going on here at Paige’s. Enjoy!
Mr. Kevin Schuessler joins us today on the Director Spotlight. Mr. Schuessler is the Director of Bands at Center Grove High School. We hope you enjoy this edition of the Director Spotlight.
Mr. John Morse joins us today on the Director Spotlight, Mr. Morse is the Director of Bands at Greenwood High School. John is a fantastic director with such a positive approach to all of his responsibilities. We hope you enjoy this edition of the Director Spotlight.
Mr. Dan Christian joins us on the Director Spotlight this week. Mr. Christian teaches band at New Augusta North Academy in Pike Township in Indianapolis. Dan provides several great ideas on teaching kids and working with parents as allies. We hope you enjoy this edition of the director spotlight.
To those coming back from Spring Break….Welcome Back! To those on Spring break…have a safe and restful time! We wanted you to know that we are on a spotlight ‘hiatus’ for the next two weeks! Next week, look for our most watched ‘tips’ from recent episodes and we will be back with a new spotlight in the third week of April. Until then, we hope you enjoy this short BLOOPER reel! Have a great day!
Next on our Director Spotlight is Mr. Keith Ziolkowski, Orchestra Director in the Avon school system. Keith teaches both middle school orchestras in Avon and does a fantastic job! Please enjoy this edition of the Director Spotlight!
Today’s Director Spotlight is on Mr. Russ Smith, Director of Bands at Shelbyville HS. Russ’s career as a music educator spans just over 3 decades. Please enjoy this edition of the Director Spotlight.
As we enter Music In Our Schools Month we want to take a moment to celebrate the incredibly positive impact that Indiana music educators have on students every day. Please take a couple of minutes to enjoy this video and know that we are your biggest cheerleaders and consider it a great honor to partner with you!
Today, we offer a new series in our Directors Spotlight interview project. We are calling it our “Legends” series. Our first ”Legends” interview is with Mr. Sam Rhinesmith, retired Director of Bands at North Central HS. Sam has also enjoyed a second career with the New Horizons Band of Indianapolis. We hope you enjoy this edition of the Director Spotlight.
This week’s Director Spotlight is on Mrs. Wendy Higdon, Co-Director of Bands at Creekside Middle School in Carmel. Wendy is a veteran director whom has taught band in Carmel schools and in the Lebanon school district. We hope you enjoy getting to know Wendy in this edition of the Director Spotlight.
Happy New Year! We start off the new year on the Director Spotlight with Mr. Myron Snuffin, Director of Bands at Brownsburg Middle School East. Myron is a wonderful example of someone who finds the joy in the daily job and who appreciates the process in helping kids learn to play an instrument. I hope you enjoy this edition of the Director Spotlight!
Happy Holidays from all of us at Paige’s Music, Director Services. We hope you all have a safe and restful time away from school. Don’t forget to watch the Marching Pride of Lawrence Township in the Rose Parade on January 2nd. Special congrats to Mr. Randy Greenwell as he retires after the trip! If you find yourself with some spare time, you can always find all of the Director Spotlights and tips we’ve done on this site. Here are the links: Spotlights Tips We’ll see you in January!
Today’s Director Spotlight is on Mr. Jim Crismore, Director of Orchestras at Zionsville West Middle School. Prior to his appointment at Zionsville, Mr. Crismore taught orchestra for Lawrence Township Schools. We hope you enjoy this edition of the Director Spotlight.
Mr. Alan Slightom joins us for this edition of the Director Spotlight. Mr. Slightom teaches 6-8 middle school band for Perry Meridian Middle School. We hope you enjoy!
In this edition of the Director Spotlight, we interview Mr. Joel Powell from Carmel Middle School orchestra program. Joel is an up-and-coming young orchestra director who we think you will enjoy getting to know.
Brian Caldwell, Dan Healton and Keith Whitford join us on this edition of the Director Spotlight. This trio of directors proudly serves the Western Community School community in Russiaville, Indiana. We hope you enjoy the spotlight interview with Brian, Dan and Keith. New Video Feature You can now skip ahead to the content you’d like to see by using the chapters feature in the video player. There are 2 ways to do this. Note: this feature is currently not available on mobile devices. 1. Use the white “dots” in the video timeline. Hover over the dot to see the topic and a screen shot. Simply click on the dot of the chapter that you’d like to view. Give the video player just a moment to skip ahead and it should start playing on it’s own. 2. Select a chapter by clicking on the chapter icon at the bottom right of the video player. A list of the chapters will pop up and you’ll be able to select the topic you wish to view.
Today’s Spotlight is on Stephanie O’Brian at Barr-Reeve Schools. Stephanie teaches grades 5-12 band and general music! Her energetic approach to teaching in a small school setting is quite remarkable. We hope you enjoy this edition of the Director Spotlight!
Rick Wagoner from Avon Intermediate School joins us on the Director Spotlight. Rick is the band director and general music teacher at Avon Intermedite School West. We hope you enjoy the spotlight interview with Rick.
