“Stop using junk music that sounds like every other junk piece. There’s an awful lot of music out there called educational music, but it’s not…
10 Band-related Activities for May Holidays
With just a few months into the year, 2020 has already distinguished itself as a historic anomaly. The Coronavirus Disease (Covid-19) has affected many lives…
The Instrument Selection Process
Every band member will have to go through the process of being sorted into different sections at the very beginning of their ensemble music-making journey.…
Score Analysis of Festival on Earth
Preface I previously wrote an article ‘Score Analysis of Sunny Island’ a few months before 2017 Singapore Youth Festival Arts Presentation (Secondary School Level), and…
The Problem with Music
Difficulty of musical performance “That’s enough. One by one”, I barked. It was an atmosphere too familiar. My students brought up their instruments and started…
Developing Singapore’s Wind Instrument Prodigy
“There is no prodigy in our profession. If you see all the great singers of the past, none of them are.” – Luciano Pavarotti Often than not,…
Buying New or Used Instruments
[blockquote author=”Velominati, the principle of bike ownership”]The correct number of instruments to own is n+1. While the minimum number of instruments one should own is three, the correct…
Seven Myths about Leadership
[blockquote author=”R. Buckminster Fuller”]The things to do are: the things that need doing, that you see need to be done, and no one else seems to…
Character Traits of Student Leaders
[blockquote author=”Lao-Tzu” ]A leader is best when people barely know he exists, Not so good when people obey and acclaim him, Worse when they despise…
Rehearsal Planning and Tips
Daniel Yiau is a Masters graduate in wind and brass band conducting from the Conservatorium van Amsterdam. In this article, he speaks to The Band Post…