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Educator David Pope aims to provide his audience with effective strategies for selecting repertoire that compliments their ensembles. His list includes but is not limited to setting realistic expectations, knowing the demographics of your ensemble, determining the curricular goals or outcomes to be achieved through the repertoire, and connecting with each student; additional information pertaining to each of these four strategies, especially their impact on the repertoire selection process, has been summarized in the article as well.

An extremely useful site to peruse free music for download in various categories like orchestral and chamber music parts. I have frequently used this for myself and students when faced with auditions that I/they need an "original" part to.

This is a great resource for all band directors. It contains articles, background, and lesson strategies for many compositions in the wind band repertoire. It also contains articles relevant to other ensembles, such as chamber groups. This site helps band directors plan ahead for their selection of reputable works in the band world.

This is a great resource for all band directors. It contains articles, background, and lesson strategies for many compositions in the wind band repertoire. It also contains articles relevant to other ensembles, such as chamber groups. This site helps band directors plan ahead for their selection of reputable works in the band world.