Prep Beats is a free resource hub for band directors, choir and orchestra teachers, and anyone who keeps music alive in schools. Every article here is written from lived classroom experience — not recycled advice — to help you teach better, lead stronger programs, and take care of yourself while you do it.
I'm Jason Griffith, Ed.D. — a music educator and school administrator with more than three decades in public education. I built a high-school band program from 35 students to over 400, secured more than $600,000 in grants, earned a Kennedy Center Honorable Mention, and led an ensemble chosen as Kentucky's sole representative in a Presidential Inauguration Parade. I started Prep Beats to put what I've learned — the wins, the hard lessons, and the practical fixes — in reach of every music teacher who needs it.
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