Directing a 12 Ring Act-Starting Beginning Band in a Heterogenous Setting
Friday, January 23, 2026
8:00 AM - 8:45 AM
Description
There they are. A room full of beginning band students with cases full of shiny toys and limitless potential. But the shiny toys are all different. And there are a lot of them. How do you manage that first day and have everyone leave experiencing some level of success? What do you do with the flutes while the trumpets learn to buzz? When do the clarinets set up their mouthpieces? How does percussion get involved without being bored? Come see a First Day Demonstration, complete with beginning band students just a few months out from their own very first day!

Speakers
Amy Rever-Oberle
Learning Objective 1
Observe pacing in a mixed instrumentation beginner class
Learning Objective 2
Learn techniques for involving all students in a beginner class
Learning Objective 3
Review best practices for beginning band instrument instruction
Session Level
Middle School/Junior High