- Stephen has 1,114 compositions (and counting) to his credit. He's not only a composer but a music educator too with 17 years of full time teaching experience.

- www.stormworld.com

- One of his tools, and one I have been using for over a year, is his Function Chorales. These are composed using numbers rather than written music so they can be played in any key. You can find a free sample on the site.

- A tool I just recently purchased and am looking forward to using is Scaleworks.

- There are a lot of free tools and music available. Try out the free stuff and then purchase something to help your students and to enable more great materials to be created. 

- Tools like the Function Chorales are really affordable and Stephen gives you license to make as many copies as you need for the program they are purchased for.

- You can read more about Stormworks and Stephen Melillo HERE. There are a ton of resources and teaching on his site.

- www.stormworld.com

Classroom Discipline is the wrong way to describe what we do. Over 95% of discipline problems are resolved BEFORE they occur by having the right structure.

- In this episode we talk about four specific strategies that you can incorporate today to improve your band class, and none of them have anything to do with music.

You may have read Trey's column in The Instrumentalist, "Life of Reely", where he shares funny stories from his music ed experiences.

Trey is in the trenches everyday just like you and me, and he's also a writer. Find out about the persistence it took for him to get into writing and his biggest triumph and biggest mistake as a teacher.

Get all of Trey's books HERE. I just ordered one of each! You can also check him out at GIA publications.

Trey is available as a speaker/clinician at your state conference, for your students or other events. You can reach him HERE. 

Please excuse my shaky voice in this interview. I am fully recovered from being sick (except for my voice).

Do you teach at a school where hardly anyone takes private lessons? Have you ever wished there was a formalized progressive music evaluation tool that increases musical achievement and is adaptable to your band? You need to check out The Power in the Progress System.

My guest today- Dr. Dwight Satterwhite - has taught for 48 years! He "retired" from the University of Georgia, but is still active in music education. He developed The Power in the Progress System through all those years.

It's proven. It's tested. It works! I started using it in October of 2013 and have seen increased achievement in my band students.

Reach Dr. Satterwhite HERE and get started with a free trial version of the program today.

www.Power-Progress-System.com