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.

