Mr. Kevin Cottrill recently joined us on the Director Spotlight. In today’s segment, he talks with us about his approach to connecting with kids and why his relationship with his administration influences those student connections. We hope you enjoy this segment from the Director Spotlight.
Mr. Kevin Cottrill, Director of Bands at Seymour High School recently joined us on the Director Spotlight. Today, Kevin talks about his path to Seymour and how he manages his program to keep all the different aspects of his program moving forward. We hope you enjoy this installment of the spotlight!
Today’s spotlight is a great reminder for all of us and it comes from Dean Westman, Director of Orchestras at Avon High School. Dean talks with us about how he goes about focusing on others and by doing that, everything typically comes into it’s proper place. We hope you enjoy this tip from the Director Spotlight series.
Back in November of 2017 we interviewed Mr. Chris Wing, Director of Bands at Greenfield Central High School. His take on having a mentor to talk with occasionally about his program proved to be one of our most popular tips of the year. We hope you enjoy this popular tip with Mr. Chris Wing.
Mrs. Heather Nieto joined us on the Spotlight last September. Heather teaches orchestra at Belzer Middle School in Lawrence Township and her tip on being flexible was one of our most popular for last school year. Thanks for joining us again!
Congratulations to our dear friend and colleague Mr. Randy Koehler! Randy is about to retire from Paige’s Music after 40 years in the music business! Wow! We feel so fortunate to have worked with Randy and we think many you probably feel the same way. Randy is a pillar of knowledge, a tremendous resource of all things band and orchestra and truly a great friend to many directors and programs across this state. We will be hosting a reception here at the store in Randy’s honor on June 29th from 2pm – 4pm. Please join us in celebrating Randy‘s career! Please RSVP here!
We are circling back to Rob Shaver for one of the more popular tips from previous spotlights. Rob is Band Director at Tipton Middle School! For this week’s tip, Rob talks about how he ‘keeps things fresh’ in his classroom. Thanks for joining us again!
This summer we’ll be sending out several of the most popular tips for this past school year. The first tip comes from Candi Granlund at Sycamore School here in Indianapolis. She’s encouraging us all to try something new!
Mr. Eric Criss, Director of Bands at NorthWood High school, recently joined us on the Director Spotlight. Eric offers us his approach to retaining students from middle to high school band. We hope you enjoy this segment from the Director Spotlight
On today’s Director Spotlight, Mr. Eric Criss from NorthWood High School talks with us about keeping the right perspective in teaching. Thanks for joining us and we hope you enjoy this segment from the Director Spotlight!
Welcome back to the Director Spotlight! This month, Mr. Eric Criss joins us on the Director Spotlight. Eric teaches band at NorthWood High School and NorthWood Middle School in Nappanee, Indiana. Eric discusses what he thinks is one of the traits of being a great band director. Thanks for joining us and we hope you enjoy this segment from the Director Spotlight!
In this week’s Director Spotlight, Dr. Dan Bolin tells us about his involvement with the various military bands from Washington D.C. As you know, Dr. Bolin is retiring this year and we found a special article about him and his career. Check out the video below, then head over to https://stories.butler.edu/content/going-out-high-note for more about Dr. Bolin.
Welcome back to the Director Spotlight – Legends series. This month, Dr. Dan Bolin joined us on the Director Spotlight. Dr. Bolin currently teaches music education classes at Butler University. Today, he discusses his music education philosophy and his interest in hosting the military bands throughout his career. Thanks for joining us and we hope you enjoy this segment from the Director Spotlight – Legends Series!
Today, we return to our new series in our Director Spotlight interview project, the “Legends” series. This “Legends” interview is with Dr. Dan Bolin, retiring professor of music education at Butler University. Dr. Bolin has been a public school band director, school administrator and college department chair as well as a music education professor at Butler for 48 years. Dr. Bolin played a significant role in starting ISSMA and he talked about that role with us in the interview! We hope you enjoy this edition of the Director Spotlight – Legends series! Please enjoy!
Mrs. Candi Granlund, Band Director at Sycamore School, recently joined us on the Director Spotlight. Today, she talks with us about her advocacy approach with her students. Next week, we will have the entire interview with Candi! We hope you enjoy this segment from the Director Spotlight
Mrs. Candi Granlund, Band Director at Sycamore School, recently joined us on the Director Spotlight. Today, she talks with us about working with school administrators and how that relationship affects what happens in the classroom. We hope you enjoy this segment from the Director Spotlight.
For today’s installment of the Director Spotlight, we interviewed Mrs. Candi Granlund, Band Director at Sycamore School in Indianapolis. In this segment of the interview, Candi offers her tip trying something new in the classroom! We hope you enjoy this edition of the Director Spotlight with Mrs. Candi Granlund.
This week’s spotlight tip is from Rob Shaver at Tipton Middle School. Rob talks about how he handles today’s challenges and how he adapts to different situations in the classroom. Thanks for joining us and we hope you enjoy this segment from the Director Spotlight!
On today’s Director Spotlight Tip, Mr. Rob Shaver from Tipton Middle School talks with us about having student teachers in the classroom. Thanks for joining us and we hope you enjoy this segment from the Director Spotlight!
For today’s installment of the Director Spotlight we interviewed Mr. Rob Shaver, Band Director at Tipton Middle School in Tipton, Indiana. Rob is a 25 year veteran music educator who does a fantastic job teaching band. Today, he offers his take on how he keeps things fresh in the classroom. We hope you enjoy this edition of the Director Spotlight with Mr. Rob Shaver.
