Many parents would agree it’s hard to call the first few notes a child makes on a rented band instrument “music,” but it’s a necessary step toward eventually learning how to play. “The first sounds on ...

When only one company is invited to do business with school districts and parents, everyone loses. There is no competition to keep prices on instruments and repairs reasonable. The single company can, ...

It’s beginning band testing season for the Copperas Cove Independent School District, and the band is lining up students to see what instruments they will hit the right note. Each year, from the end ...

PORT ANGELES — The 20 sixth-graders in Jesse Reynolds’ beginning band class at Franklin Elementary School almost didn’t get a chance to play an instrument this year. Eliminating sixth-grade band was ...