A Band Director's Guide to the Diagnosis of Student Diseases and Conditions

Have you ever noticed that performers of certain instruments in band share common, sometimes quirky character traits? If you’re in a band or ever have been, you probably know what I mean. And if you’ve worked with instrumental music students for several decades like I have, you’ve seen these unfortunate stereotypes time and again. In this light-hearted episode of What Music Means to Me we imagine the medical diagnoses of a dozen of these band student idiosyncrasies, in what I am calling A BAND DIRECTOR’S GUIDE TO THE DIAGNOSIS OF STUDENT DISEASES AND CONDITIONS.