It's not Warm-Up, it's exercise! Bringing fundamentals to your daily band rehearsal

Friday, January 23, 2026
9:00 AM - 9:45 AM

Description
As instrumental music teachers, we have endless responsibilities. This session focuses on building fundamentals in 20 minutes or less, every rehearsal, playing "the long game" of musicianship. Oftentimes directors become distracted or hyper-focused on individual notes and rhythms in the context of literature preparation. This session offers ideas on how to incorporate rhythm studies, tone production, sight reading, and technique into rehearsal each day, improving the overall musicianship of ensemble members.
Speakers
Michael Emerson
Learning Objective 1
Teachers will leave with ideas on how to foster rhythmic improvement in ensembles
Learning Objective 2
Teachers will leave with ideas on how to incorporate interesting scalework in ensembles
Learning Objective 3
Teachers will gain new ideas for student engangement
Session Level
Middle School/Junior High, High School