5 No-Fail Beginning Band Retention Activities

Marcia Neel
5 No-Fail Beginning Band Retention Activities

Nothing is more important to the success of our music programs than retaining the students who are already enrolled – particularly the beginners. We have to teach the beginners as if they have a scheduled performance at Carnegie Hall. In my previous post, I shared the S.M.A.R.T. approach to retention – i.e.

The S.M.A.R.T. Approach to Music Ensemble Student Retention

Marcia Neel
The S.M.A.R.T. Approach to Music Ensemble Student Retention

Once students are in your program, it’s vital that you retain them. Retention starts with our very beginning-level students and it is vital that we focus on keeping them once they have started in the program.

There are five pillars to effective music ensemble student retention and I offer an acronym to help remember them by.