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Team-Building & Leadership Training Workshops for High School Marching Bands

Custom training with your band at your school

Workshop Focus

To develop empowered student leadership teams

Topics Covered

A vision for leadership and team building in the new millennium

Identifying individual strengths and building individual confidence and competence

Understanding and developing effective teamwork

Student leader led creation of a mission statement and action plan

Effective interpersonal communication skills development:

  • Understanding why and how people communicate
  • Role playing of body language, tonality, and empathic listening

Understanding misbehavior and implementing positive and respectful consequences:

  • Creative problem-solving exercises

This link shows examples of student mission statements created in high school marching band workshops.

References

Any links in this list are for the complete letters of reference.

Mike Alstad, Regina Lions Band, Canada

Phillip Alvarado, Rowlett High School, Texas

Tom Bennett, Wind Ensemble Director, University of Houston, Texas

Kathy Bernal, Eastern Hills High School, Texas

David Bertman, Brass Instructor for the Cavaliers Drum & Bugle Corps, and Marching Band Director, University of Houston, Texas

Paul Bramlett, Navasota High School, Texas

Robert Cesario, former Director of Bands, Rice University, Houston, Texas

Rob Cintron, Maumee High School Band, Ohio

Jim Cude, Whitesboro High School, Texas

Bill Duggan, retired, John Foster Dulles High School, Texas

Jeremy Earnhart, L.D. Bell High School, Texas

Mark Edenfield, Spring High School, Texas

Jeff Fiedler, Cavaliers Drum & Bugle Corps, Illinois

Priscilla Gibson, Archer City High School, Texas

Shane Goforth, Holliday High School, Texas

Gary Gribble, Alan C. Pope High School, Georgia

Alan Harkey, McKinney North High School, Texas

Chris Harmon, Lake Central High School, Indiana

Kevin Hebert, Tennessee High School, Tennessee

Andy Houk, Jefferson High School, Iowa

Joe Houten, Tate High School Band, Florida

Randy Karon, Barrington High School, Illinois

Brad Kent, Director of Bands, Texas A&M at Commerce, Texas

David Kirkley, Boswell High School, Texas

William Koch, Niles West High School, Illinois

Dr. Tim Lautzenheiser, Attitude Concepts for Today, Indiana

Michael Lipe, Wylie High School, Texas

Norman Logan, Farmington High School, Michigan

Mike Lunney, Abilene Wylie High School, Texas

Steve Lyons, Champlin Park High School, Minnesota

Stan Mauldin, formerly at Holliday High School, now at Clear Brook, Texas

Duane Minnick, Irmo High School, South Carolina

David Morrison, Prospect High School, Illinois

Paul Onspaugh, Denison High School, Texas

Joe Pruitt, Dulles High School, Texas

Jim Sammons, Vero Beach High School, Florida,

Ken Snoeck, formerly at Lake Park High School, Illinois

Mickey Stisher, La Porte High School, Indiana

Kenneth Turner, formerly with The Bands of Irmo, South Carolina

Jim Van Zandt, Westwood High School, Round Rock, Texas

David Vandewalker, Harrison High School, Georgia

Bill Watson, Richland High School, Texas

Guy Kammerer, formerly at Whitnall High School, Wisconsin

Eric Willoughby, Wheeler High School, Georgia

Keith Witt, formerly at Leander High School, Texas

Workshop Length and Cost

Our leadership and team-building training workshops for marching bands range from one to three days at your site.

A recommended one-day follow-up workshop is also available.

Visit Our Booth at the TMEA Convention:

Peter will be at the Texas Music Educators Association's Convention at the Henry B. Gonzales Convention Center, San Antonio, TX, February 14-16, 2008. Be sure to look for him at his booth, #3224. This is a great opportunity to pick his brain on teamwork and leadership training.

Make an Appointment to Meet Peter at the Midwest Clinic:

Peter Ferrito will also be at The Midwest Clinic: An International Band and Orchestra Conference at the Chicago Hilton, Chicago, IL in December 19-21, 2007. Sign up now for a free consultation with Peter or look for him there.

Contact us for more information about our team-building workshops for bands.

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