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Band For Today has been providing Chicago area schools with band and piano programs for twenty five years. Band For Today teachers have instructed more than twenty thousand students during that time. We offer schools a full range of music education services including band lessons, concerts, solo contests, honors ensembles, jazz ensembles, field trips, and Kinderkeys piano lessons. Please take a moment to browse through our site... Click here to continue reading. 
Welcome Back! It's getting to be that time again and we have a great year planned with some exciting new events for our band students. Of course, we’ll continue to play for the Kane County Cougars games, but we’ve added two new events that we think our students will love. We will be playing a half hour set of music before a Chicago Wolves hockey game at the Allstate Arena and we will have our students… Click here to continue reading.
Articles for Students
How Its Made – Instruments From the hit TV show, How Its Made, check out these videos of how your instrument is made from start to finish. Flute Clarinet Saxophone Trumpet Trombone Snare Drum Head, Shell and Cymbals Rico Reeds Handmade Flutes Workshop Saxophone Factory Tour Trumpet Factory Tour To view the current video, click the play button in the middle of the video screen. To view the next video, click on the arrow on the right side of the video screen, To choose a new video, click… Click here to continue reading.
Articles for Parents
Life Skills Learned in Music Attribution Patricial Shehan Campbell, Claire Connell, and Amy Beegle (2007), "Adolescents' Expressed Meanings of Music in and out of School," Journal of Research in Music Education, 55(3), p. 229. Item Text In discussing life benefits of music study, the authors report, "The most heavily reported life preparation skill was self-discipline, with respondents acknowledging that the hard work and dedication that are integral to participation in school music groups teach the valuable lesson that… Click here to continue reading.
Education
Piano Overview and History of Piano The piano is still one of the most diverse instruments today. Technically a percussive instrument, the piano is incredibly melodic and beautiful in sound. An all encompassing instrument that has been a major part of every musical movement since its invention in 1780, new and veteran players alike benefit by being able to accompany themselves in the style of their choosing. Check out the videos below on… Click here to continue reading.