PORT ANGELES — The 20 sixth-graders in Jesse Reynolds’ beginning band class at Franklin Elementary School almost didn’t get a chance to play an instrument this year. Eliminating sixth-grade band was ...

POMEROY, Wash. – In June 2020, Marcus Pederson retired from his 35-year career of teaching band at the Pomeroy School District. Since then, the only district in Washington’s least populous county has ...

This is one of a series on Washoe County School District teachers as they struggle to afford to live. Many work other jobs to pay rent and feed their families. They drive for Uber and Lyft, wait ...

GREENFIELD — Dave Poncar has accumulated a wealth of memorable stories throughout his 40 years teaching junior high school band students, like the day one kid got stuck in a tuba. “They can be a ...

A band director from Maine is marching in the Rose Parade, kicking off in Pasadena, California, on New Year’s Day. Laurie Ellis is the band director at the Middle School of the Kennebunks, where she ...