Handout Archive
BDW 2025
- 2025 Workshop Program
- Rebecca Phillips: Improving Musicianship in Ensemble Settings
- Rebecca Phillips: Making Artistic Decisions
- William Talley: Conducting with Purpose: Foundations for Effective Musical Leadership
- William Talley: Curriculum Through Repertoire: Selecting Music to Teach, Inspire, and Challenge
- Michael Pote: Harmony Director 101
- Michael Pote: Teaching from the Light
BDW 2024
- 2024 Workshop Program
- John Hersey High School Symphonic Band
- Heath Wolf and Chip De Stefano: Simple Truths of Outstanding Programs
- Shelley Jagow: Expressive Musicianship: Concepts and Exercises to Develop your Band’s Musical Potential
- Andrew Boysen, Jr.: What Would YOU Do?
- Heath Wolf: Teaching Snare Drum When You’re Not A Percussionist
- Andrew Boysen, Jr.: Conducting as Communication
BDW 2023
- 2023 Workshop Program
- Kevin Geraldi: Refreshing Your Conducting in 15 Minutes a Day
- Mary Land: What You Should Know BEFORE You Go
- Mary Land: Welcome to Connections!
- Darcy Williams: The Fundamental Block
- Darcy Williams: Tiny Instrument, Big Impact
BDW 2022
- 2022 Workshop Program
- Patrick Sheridan: I Think I’m Terrible, What Now??
- Patrick Sheridan: Breathing Gym® Basics
- Rodney Dorsey: Get Inside The Music
- Rodney Dorsey: Bringing Music Back to the Rehearsal Process
- Melissa Gustafson-Hinds: Connecting Programs for the Better
BDW 2021
- 2021 Workshop Program
- Justin Johnson: Are we there yet? Recalibrating our destination (no handout)
- Mark Heidel: A Conducting Tune-Up
- Cindy Lansford: Band + (Balance x Brains) = Beautiful: it’s a simple (and Basic) equation…
- Mark Heidel: Leading from the Box
- Cindy Lansford: Open Rehearsal Clinic (no handout)
- Christopher Grifa: The What and the How of Teaching Effective Practice
- Chip De Stefano: Trombone Pedagogy from Day One
BDW 2020
- 2020 Workshop Program
- Linda Moorhouse and Daniel Morrison: Success, Health, and Wellness in a Pandemic (no handout)
- Robert Herrings: From The Ground Up: Building Your Program One Priority At A Time (no handout)
- Linda Moorhouse, Paula Crider, Rebecca Phillips, David Gregory: The Non-Negotiables: Wisdom from Afar (no handout)
- Christopher Bill: Looping, Improvisation, and Digital Media (no handout)
- Erica Neidlinger: Mindful Musicianship
- Alfred Watkins: Becoming a Lifelong Learner (no handout)
- Robert Herrings and Chip De Stefano: Beyond Their Years: Performance Priorities and the Ensemble
BDW 2019
- 2019 Workshop Program
- James F. Keene: From the Score to the Podium
- Shawn Vondran: May I Have Your Attention Please?!?: How Emotion and Attention Impact Our Rehearsals
- Alexander Kaminsky: How Can I Get My Band to Sound Like That?: Focus on Fundamentals
BDW 2018
- 2018 Workshop Program
- Paula Crider: Zen and the Art of Musical Maintenance (no handout)
- Paula Crider: Life in the Squeak Free Zone (no handout)
- Anthony Marinello: Trying Not to Work Too Hard: If a little is good, then more MUST be better… Right?
- Elizabeth Peterson: Rehearsal Techniques for “Generation Z”
- Matt Temple and Chip De Stefano: From the Ivory Tower to the Trenches: Score Study and Rehearsal Preparation
BDW 2017
- 2017 Workshop Program
- Stephen G. Peterson: Rehearsal Techniques: Empowering Students During The Band Rehearsal
- Michael Colburn: The Modern Maestro (no handout)
- Michael Colburn: What Would Sousa Do? (no handout)
- Joseph Manfredo: Incorporating Literacy Strategies within the Performance-based Band Class
- Phillip Hash: Relevant Repertoire for Developing Bands (ppt)
BDW 2016
- 2016 Workshop Program
- Richard Floyd: Presenting a Happy Workshop
- Richard Floyd: The Seven Deadly Sins of Music Making
- Joel Cohen: Care and Feeding of Your Percussion Section (no handout)
- Chip De Stefano: Yeah…but I can’t do that
- Andrew Hitz: Lessons Learned from 1,000 Band Rooms (no handout)
- Julie De Roche: Clarinet Basics – Develop a Great Clarinet Section
BDW 2015
- 2015 Workshop Program
- John Hagstrom: “Because I Said So!”: The secret ingredient for excellence
- Mallory Thompson: Dancing on the Blade of a Knife
- Chip De Stefano and David Morrison: “Speaking” of Band: Using Student Vocalizations and Singing to Improve Ensemble Performance
- Matt Temple: Literature and Concert Programming: Improving Student Learning Through the Music
BDW 2014
- 2014 Workshop Program
- John Whitwell: What I Learned From
- John Whitwell: Using the March to Develop Every Aspect of Musicianship
- Scott Casagrande: You Want Me To Do What??
- David Morrison: You Are the Band Whisperer
- Brian Covey and Chip De Stefano: Molding the Ensemble’s Sound