15 of Matt Harloff’s remarkably helpful educational videos are available at ONE lower price.  Purchase the entire collection of 15 videos at one time for 1/2 of the cost of purchasing each individually! Take your group to the next level by increasing your knowledge!  This low price also includes the option to share these videos with your staff.

It Doesn’t Count Unless…You’re On The Move / There’s No Metronome / You’re Playing!  Matt Harloff shares a video series to help you teach your students to sound great and move great at the same time.

Matt Harloff is often asked how he gets that dark rich sound with the ensembles he teaches at Carolina Crown and Avon High School.  Matt talks about creating that dark “Crown Sound,” sharing advice and techniques you can use right away to improve the sound and success of your own ensemble.  Topics include teaching kids to relax, “It takes time,” embouchure issues, dealing with heroes, tuning, and exercises to improve tone quality with your students.

Communicating stronger volumes to your audience & judges is an important skill that must be developed.  Learn how to produce louder volumes without sacrificing qualify of sound from the very best … CrownBRASS.  Learn exercises that can help your students expand your dynamics.  Learn from Matt Harloff as he gives a video analysis of exercises you can use with your program to help your students play louder & yet achieve the quality of sound that you want.

Tuning any fundamental pitch is one thing, but tuning intervals and chords are a completely different thing.  Check out this MUST SEE educational video for all marching arts directors & staff. Learn & see demonstrations explaining “Just Intonation” and how it can upgrade your program. This video features CrownBRASS as a demonstration group … learn the exercises they use which can be applied to any level ensemble and can help your students play chords better in tune.  Explanations & demonstrations are taken from the Marching Band method book: Inside the Circle: A Proven Method for a Successful Marching Band written by Matt & Ben Harloff.

Welcome to part 1 of a progressive series from Inside the CrownBRASS circle.  The intention of these videos is to show progress throughout a season not from the performance but from rehearsals.  These videos will give you access to rehearsals from the beginning of the season as well as middle and end of the season.  If you are NOT familiar with the exercise Circle Drill, these videos are for you.  Watch CrownBRASS in rehearsal all season and see the progress from spring training throughout the year and into finals week.  Learn from the CrownBRASS staff, receive explanations taken straight from the marching band methods book: Inside the Circle: A Proven Method for a Successful Marching Band. Watch Matt Harloff give a video analysis of the circle drill & learn what to watch & listen for as well as receive rehearsal ideas for your program.

WATCH NOW! The secret behind CrownBRASS which can be applied to any level of ensemble is Breathe DAH.  Learn about the program created by DCI Hall of Fame members Donnie VanDoren & Jim Prime … the masterminds behind the Garfield Cadets & Star of Indiana.  Watch CrownBRASS in action as they work to master this technique program that helps them create that standard setting clarity in performance.   Learn from Matt Harloff as he gives a video analysis of Breathe DAH & learn what to watch and listen for as well as receive rehearsal ideas for your program.

Learn about a consistent approach to releasing the note that is easy to understand and can be applied to your ensembles.  Watch CrownBRASS in action & learn how they create those breathtaking releases in performances.  Learn from the CrownBRASS staff, receive explanations taken straight from the marching band methods book: Inside the Circle: A Proven Method for a Successful Marching Band written by Matt & Ben Harloff.   Learn from Matt Harloff as he gives a video analysis of the release technique & learn what to watch and listen for as well as receive rehearsal ideas for your program.

WATCH NOW!  Three MUST SEE educational videos!!!!  Unique Skill Sets / Daily Chores / Rhythm-Style.  A revolutionary rehearsal idea that will save time, give your students more repetitions, warm up & work on show music skills at the same time.  You will not want to miss all videos on the Marching Arts Education web site called SHOW EXERCISES because it develops show music skills during your warm up.  Watch CrownBRASS use this idea & learn how they achieve the musical clarity they are known for.  Learn from the CrownBRASS staff & receive explanations taken straight from the marching band methods book: Inside the Circle: A Proven Method for a Successful Marching Band written by Matt & Ben Harloff.   Learn from Matt Harloff as he gives a video analysis of exercises you can use with your program to help your students play louder & yet achieve the quality of sound that you want.

Sound more like CrownBrass!  Matt Harloff and his incredible team of instructors at Carolina Crown just won their seventh Jim Ott Trophy for Top Hornline at DCI!  Matt talks about the process, special challenges for this year’s show, plus answers questions from listeners!  Topics include foghorn exercise, teaching volume, his process with Michael Klesch, inspiration, articulation, and creating a culture of self-movitation.

Have you found yourself burning-out from the intensive band training year-round? Performers and instructors are both at risk, but Matt Harloff of Avon HS and Carolina Crown has a plan to keep you and your students motivated through the Winds season. Stay fresh and excited for your winter with this webinar.  Topics include overcoming a “slump,” keep learning, visit another school, have hobbies, do something different, and take vacations!

The importance of building great relationships cannot be ignored.  Having a strong relationship with your colleagues, staff, parents, principals & department chairs can only benefit & enhance your students education & experience.  Some may say that working with different types of people in different situations is the most challenging part of the job … yet arguably is the most important.  We invite you to watch our conversation with Ralph Reiff, executive director of the St Vincent Sports Performance Center as well as an athletic trainer Hall of Fame member talk about strategies and his experience on ways you can develop strong relationships that can help your program.

The Marching Arts is becoming more and more athletic each year.  It is becoming even more important for the director and staff to become educated when it comes to student strength & conditioning, understand what the body can dd, how to train the body to perform the skill sets that you are asking your members to perform and understanding recovery, nutrition & hydration.  We invite you to watch our conversation with Ralph Reiff, executive director of the St Vincent Sports Performance Center as well as an athletic trainer Hall of Fame member talk about great ideas and thoughts about training your students.

One of the most important parts to building a successful marching program happens BEFORE you play the first note.  Join Michael Klesch and Matt Harloff as they not only look back at the very beginning of CrownBRASS, but also the importance os starting out each and every marching season.  Learn the Klesch/Harloff methods to attention to detail that can help your students raise their level of expectation that can transfer to the marching field.

Matt Harloff and Michael Klesch return for the second in a series “Inside The Circle” where they share great advice helpful as school begins!  Insider tips include preparing music correctly for students to save time in rehearsal, strategies to get students comfortable with the music faster, and suggestions on techniques for adjusting parts and teaching efficiently.

Don’t get stuck behind the times. You’ve seen the activity evolve with technology, and want the answers of how to apply best practices for your ensemble – both now, and in the future. All the information you need and your questions answered live! Matt Harloff and Michael Klesch guide you through how to best succeed with tech in this webinar.  Topics include using technology smartly when designing, and great tools you can use in rehearsals and with students.

One of the most important marching arts skills sets for students is learning how to use their air to support their instrument.  Arguably, this skill is the most important to not only achieve the best possible sound, but also to project that sound in large performance venues.  Unfortunately, developing this skill set might not be the most popular exercise within your students … and as directors, sometimes the first exercise to be cut from the warm up routine when under time constraints are the breathing exercises.  The Breathing Party offers a perspective to not only work on strength & support of the instrument, but can be done in 3 minutes or less and most importantly fun for the students.

WATCH NOW!  One of the most popular exercises used by color guards or dance ensembles is the Across the Floors exercise. There might be hundreds of reasons why this exercise is so beneficial, however the most important could be the fact that students can watch and learn by observing each other AND because this exercise breaks the group into smaller groups, the instructor is set up to provide better individual feedback. Better Sounds Across the Floor is a great example of how to apply and develop basic tone quality exercises to basic marching directions using the Across the Floors exercise.

WATCH NOW!  Dance is becoming a very important part of the marching arts activity within wind players.  Wind players need to develop visual skill sets of basic marching as well as all kinds of dance.  “Playing in Plie” is a great example of how to apply and develop basic tone quality exercises to one of the most basic dance movements.  Matt Harloff, assisted by Susie Harloff, shares clear explanations and includes a video of band students demonstrating these exercises.