Recruiting for band or orchestra program is an important part of being a music director. Have you thought that you may be making mistakes in the way you deliver the recruiting presentation to kids? While I have a few posts about how to prepare for a recruiting presentation and how to recruit more students, Here are some of my suggestions about the mistakes we don't want to make. What Not To Do When Recruiting All band and orchestra teachers have similar ways of recruiting- we go to the … [Read more...]
Four Tricks To Get Even More Students Into Your School Music Program
Do you want to grow your orchestra or music program just a big bigger? Are you wondering how to get these few extra students to balance out the numbers in your music program? Recruit More Students at the Beginning and During the School Year In the previous post we talked about recruiting students for your band or orchestra program and especially what not to do when you go to the elementary schools to recruit. Here are some pointers that you can use when you want to get these couple of extra … [Read more...]