On this episode we talk about anxiety we see in our kids with special guest Vince Caruso. Vince posted recently on the band director facebook page about seeing a rise in student anxiety to the point where kids no longer come to school. It's a growing trend for sure. We talk about observations and some of the ways we have seen this manifest in our band programs.

The winter concert season is upon us! Joel & Stephen talk about their concert prep and programming for this holiday season.

This episode is all about brass! Joel plays trombone and Stephen is a french horn player. We talk about our ideas on starting brass players as well as other big ideas. Email us with thoughts or other ideas, [email protected]

It's the end of the competitive season for Stephen and the NHS Tiger Marching Band. Stephen takes some time to reflect on the season.

Our guest, Dr. Sarah Labovitz, is the Associate Director of Bands at Arkansas Tech University. She wrote the drill for Stephen's band this year. We spend this podcast talking about writing drill and how to cultivate a positive relationship between drill writers and band directors. Dr. Labovitz can be emailed at [email protected]