What Does a Band Teacher Do?
A band teacher is usually distinguished from music professors who instruct at the college level. A position teaching band typically refers to the elementary and secondary school level and could demand a wide range of teaching skills and possible responsibilities. Depending on a music program’s scope and funding, a band teacher may wear many hats or a few, while encouraging young musicians to become more skilled in their instruments. In elementary schools, the teacher will teach beginning band. This may be restricted to learning on brass, woodwinds and percussion instruments or some programs also offer instruction on stringed instruments, possibly including guitar. For beginning learners, band teachers develop a curriculum, based on a set of preferred instructional manuals, and begin teaching kids how to play their instruments and learn to read music.
