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  • More to Start, Fewer to Quit (February 2026)
    February 9, 2026

    More to Start, Fewer to Quit (February 2026)

    This month's More to Start, Fewer to Quit (MSFQ) tips come from Marcia Neel, President of Music Education Consultants Inc., Senior Director of Education, Yamaha and Education Advisor to the Music Achievement Council. RECRUITMENT: Be Visible (and Keep Showing Up!)...

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  • November 18, 2025

    More to Start, Fewer to Quit (November 2025)

    This month's More to Start, Fewer to Quit (MSFQ) tips come from Angela Ammerman, Associate Teaching Professor of Music Education, University of Tennessee, Knoxville. RECRUITMENT Plan a Swap Day with a feeder teacher (or one you feed) in which you...

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  • October 13, 2025

    More to Start, Fewer to Quit (October 2025)

    This month's More to Start, Fewer to Quit (MSFQ) tips come from Dr. Charles T. Menghini, President Emeritus of VanderCook College of Music in Chicago. RECRUITMENT Now that the school year has begun and beginning band and orchestra classes have...

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  • April 1, 2025

    More to Start, Fewer to Quit (April 2025)

    (2025) April's Edition of "More to Start, Fewer to Quit" (MSFQ) tips is written by Don Stinson, Director of Bands, Joliet Central High School. Recruiting and retaining students in music programs is an ongoing challenge, and keeping them engaged doesn’t...

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  • October 1, 2024

    More to Start, Fewer to Quit (October 2024)

    This month's More to Start, Fewer to Quit (MSFQ) tips come from Marcia Neel, senior director of education, Yamaha, and education advisor, Music Achievement Council. RECRUITMENT TIP Recruitment is a year-round job so if you haven’t already established this year’s...

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  • September 1, 2024

    More to Start, Fewer to Quit (September 2024)

    (2024) September's Edition of "More to Start, Fewer to Quit" (MSFQ) tips come from Edward F. Protzman, Director of Bands, and Assistant Professor of Music Education, School of Music & Theater, Portland State University. RECRUITMENT TIPS Recruitment is a year-round...

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  • March 21, 2024

    Choose to Teach (March 2024)

    Up next in the Music Achievement Council's "Choose to Teach" series, an inspiring message brought to you by Emma Lang, a Band Director from Tennessee. Video URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23acrFPdG9Q "Somebody told me one time that I needed to make sure that...

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  • February 14, 2024

    More to Start, Fewer to Quick (February 2024)

    This month's MSFQ comes from Yamaha Master Educator and retired director of bands at Hill Country Middle School Cheryl Floyd. RECRUITMENT TIPS If your school doesn't already, consider hosting an Electives Fair — a night where parents and students can...

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  • January 25, 2024

    More to Start, Fewer to Quit (January 2024)

    From Edward F. Protzman, Director of Bands and an assistant professor of music education at Portland State University. RECRUITMENT TIPS The new year rings in the next school year. Be sure to start your recruiting process now. When students move...

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