Helpful tips for the music director who may be juggling multiple ensembles, demands of family, and administrative responsibilities but still wants to deliver a great musical experience for their ensembles.  Working together, we can customize this presentation for your group and select one or more of the dozen topic areas to explore in greater depth.  

As a former President of the North American Brass Band Association and frequent brass band conductor and adjudicator, I help you  apply some of the ideas in "A Guide for the Blue Collar Band Director" and customize them for the British-style brass band.

Tired of conducting workshops that aren't well-suited for the working school director who wants to be more effective in helping their students make music?  These clinics are tailored to the needs of the individual directors and the music they will most likely be conducting.

We take a live professional music ensemble and embed your organization's leaders inside the group.  They can observe and experience the horizontal, lateral, and ad hoc communication and cooperation that occurs.  We explore micro-managing, following instead of leading, the relationship of leaders and followers, and how leaders can energize an organization through a shared vision.  This is ideal for in-service training for corporations and similar non-music organizations.