Bobcat Regiment
*Teaching Music Through Performance in Beginning Band.
"Everytime a choice is made, a belief is applied."
"Process cannot be separated from product."
"If the band does not sound good, then it does not sound good."
"Begin with the end in mind."
(Paraphrase) - Practice is like eating; you can't starve all week and then spend Saturday at the buffet.
"Telling isn't teaching"
"Play only music you can respect."
"If you are not contributing, you are taking away."
"The mind left unchallenged will search for another source of inspiration."
"Music making begins in the mind, not in the stick."
"Thought must be present for change to occur."
"Avoid letting rehearsal lapse into a practice session."
"Participate in the solution."
"There is no neutral position."
"Turn good intentions into thoughtful actions."
We must always "compress the margin of error".
"Through diligent study we have earned the right to act as the composer's representative."
"Music is feeling described in sound."
We must be: "in tone, in time, in tune, and in touch" in that order.
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