Category Archives: Mississippi Lions All-State Band

Fifteen Steps to Playing a Better All-State Audition (Repost)

Posted on October 9, 2021 by Micah Everett

Today I am reposting, for the tenth year, one of the more popular articles on this blog. With high school students preparing for auditions for all-state groups and similar ensembles around this time of year, posting this article every fall … Continue reading →

Posted in Auditions, Bass Trombone, Daily Routine, Education, Euphonium, Mississippi Lions All-State Band, Music, Music Education, Playing Fundamentals, Practicing, Scales and Arpeggios, Teaching Low Brass, Tenor Trombone, Trombone, Tuba | Comments Off on Fifteen Steps to Playing a Better All-State Audition (Repost)

Make Sure It Stays Fun

Posted on June 21, 2021 by Micah Everett

Believe it or not (I’m not sure I can), I just finished my twentieth year of teaching at the university level. I started as a terrified twenty-two-year-old teaching assistant with nine students and no experience, spent time in both the … Continue reading →

Posted in Career Choices, Education, Higher Education, Mississippi Lions All-State Band, Multitrack Recordings, Music, Music Education, Pedagogy, Performing, Practicing, Professional Organizations, Teaching Low Brass, The Business of Music, Work and Leisure | Comments Off on Make Sure It Stays Fun

Preparing for Sight Reading in Auditions

Posted on December 12, 2020 by Micah Everett

A few weeks ago, I served as an adjudicator for the second-round trombone auditions for the Mississippi Lions All-State Band. I do this most years, yet in 2020 this provided a particularly enjoyable bit of near-normalcy for me. While we … Continue reading →

Posted in Alto Trombone, Auditions, Baritone Horn, Bass Trombone, Embouchure, Euphonium, Mississippi Lions All-State Band, Music, Music Education, Musical Interpretation, Playing Fundamentals, Practicing, Sight Reading, Teaching Low Brass, Tenor Trombone, Trombone, Tuba | Comments Off on Preparing for Sight Reading in Auditions