Strong Starts on Flute: Beginning Flute Pedagogy w/Darcy Williams

Do you ever hit a roadblock with your beginning flutes? In this workshop for band directors, music majors, and private flute teachers, Darcy Williams (flutist and band director) will provide you with a wealth of ideas on how to motivate and lead your beginner flutes to success! The workshop will include 6th grade students from her own beginning flute class who will demonstrate the feedback and expectations she uses in her classroom. Topics will include tone production, hand position and balance, breath control, and more!

Darcy Vogt Williams is the head band director at Stiles Middle School in Leander, TX. She is a graduate of West Texas A&M University and going into her 20th year of teaching. Her bands have performed at The Midwest Clinic in Chicago and the Western International Band Clinic (WIBC) in Seattle. While at Stiles MS her bands have been state finalists in the prestigious TMEA Honor Band Contest. She is a member of Phi Beta Mu and serves on the Music For All Advisory Board.

In addition to teaching, Darcy is a clinician across the country for both students and music educators. She is the author of two books about teaching band (Teaching Rhythm Logically and Pacing for Success: Beginner Band) and creator of the music education podcast "After Sectionals".