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 Mr. Ahrens teaches band at Bear River High School in Grass Valley, CA.  @MrAhrens 
 MUSIC QUOTES:   www.davidahrens.us & Sound Education are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. |
 It’s been an action packed 7 weeks since my last blog post. With the end of a rather blockbuster school year of performances, my own performances outside of school, preparation for and now participation in the American Band College masters program in Ashland, Oregon – a part of Sam Houston State University. I’ve not been meaning to neglect this blog. I have literally had no time. . . . → Read More: American Band College
Summer Professional Development Projects Each Summer I try to, as a professional development project, take on a secondary instrument and improve my abilities on it. (My primary instrument is the horn). Back in college, I took the basic pedagogy courses for brass, woodwind, string, and percussion instruments. I learned to play each instrument . . . → Read More: Ever-Improving Chops on Secondary Instruments |
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"I shall seize Fate by the throat; it shall certainly not bend and crush me completely." - Ludwig van Beethoven, 1801 |
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