SoundstageEDU™

Every summer, thousands of young percussion instructors flood the activity with fresh energy, big ideas, new chops, and pages full of exercises pulled from DCI lot videos. And honestly, I love that. I really do. Because somewhere inside those young instructors is the same fire many of us experienced when we first saw a truly elite percussion section and realized that the activity could become something far beyond what we had previously imagined. It was that exact moment that

Right now, sitting in or coming into your programs is a generation of students who will be sitting in our rehearsal halls watching the adults around them more closely than we realize. They are watching how we disagree. They are watching how we speak to one another when tensions rise. They are watching what happens when we do not get our way. They are watching whether the people who claim to support them are actually protecting the culture around them or quietly tearing it apa

There is a quiet crisis happening inside fine arts programs all across the country right now, and most people are too exhausted to even fully articulate it. A small handful of parents are carrying entire organizations on their backs while trying to convince themselves they can keep doing it for “just one more season.” One more competition. One more fundraiser. One more football game. One more banquet. One more emergency. Meanwhile, brand new families are entering these progra