Music Education

These are exceptional times. Schools across the U.S. are working to overcome enormous challenges related to the COVID-19 pandemic. Music educators have the opportunity to be an integral part of…

Virtual choirs have become more popular than ever due to our current need to stay socially distanced from fellow musicians. The publishers Pepper works with have become increasingly creative with…

J.W. Pepper hosted a webinar on October 1st with Katie Baron, attorney and partner at Alter, Kendrick & Baron, LLP and Shari Molstad, Permissions Manager at Hal Leonard LLC. We…

Pepper offers grants to diverse array of composer non-profit groups.

I think we can all agree that Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) and Trauma-Informed Education are making their way into the teaching mainstream. There are a variety of great resources including Facebook…

This coming school year, more music teachers are being asked to be mobile during the school day. Some have lost their music rooms. Others will be using a cart so…

More than three years ago, an effort was launched at J.W. Pepper to make it easier for music teachers and directors to find compositions that work well for their ensemble….

There is much discussion about incorporating more social-emotional learning (SEL) in schools during the next school year. Music class is certainly one of the perfect places to help students grow…

A famous quote, sometimes attributed to artist Pablo Picasso, says “The meaning of life is to find your gift. The purpose of life is to give it away.” This idea…

It’s no secret that music is used in innumerable ways to create connections, soothe troubles, and bring back memories. Parents who say they’d never sing in public will serenade their…

In this challenging time, the music education community has been doing what it does best: working together to keep students engaged in deeply meaningful choral, instrumental, and general music projects….

For centuries, scientists and the public alike have tried to determine if talent genetically runs in families when it comes to music. There are certainly many cases where that has…

It’s only once every four years we need to remember to add 29 to the end of February. But leap year is so much more than a day – it’s…

There’s no shortage of ways to celebrate the upcoming 250th anniversary of Ludwig van Beethoven’s birthday in December 2020. Numerous special events are planned around the globe this year in…

Have you been in this situation before? It’s the start of the school year. You have returned from a summer of planning and preparation. You have carefully planned your concert…

What types of vocal warm-ups do you use for your choir rehearsals? The answer to this question can take on myriad forms depending on your situation: what type of choir…

Directors and music teachers are always coming up with new and creative ways to keep their programs engaging. Sometimes, writing a song or fun arrangement does the job. Writing to…

One viral video revealed the power of music in a way few other film clips could. It shows a patient suffering from severe dementia who was given headphones with his…

The first year of teaching didn’t go entirely well for award-winning music educator Victor de los Santos. He was assistant band director at Santa Ana High School in California and…

Every spring, piles of new sheet music are stacked in nooks and crannies around J.W. Pepper’s corporate office. The works come from a thousand different publishers and represent the best…

Music teacher David Fernandes says he faced unexpected challenges when he had to set up his music room during his first year of teaching. His room at Reading Intermediate High…