Episode 112 - Tim Lautzenheiser

May 20, 2019

Dr. Tim Lautzenheiser is among the most important advocates and leaders in the music education community. He is a co-author of the Essential Elements series and the Vice President of Education for Conn-Selmer, Inc. and he joined the show for a broad discussion about teaching and music education.

Topics:

• Dr. Tim’s background and wisdom and a treasure trove of useful quotes, including:
  
  • “Successful people don’t know how to not be successful.”
  • “The only way to fail is to give up”
  • “Persistence alone is omnipotent”
  • “If it comes between being right and being kind, choose kind”
  • “If you want to get people to follow you, put the emphasis on them”
  • “You can take any situation and make something positive out of it, or you can just let it sit and rot there in front of you”
  • “We all have 24 hours in a day, what do we do with it?”
  • “Every problem comes back to the human ego”
  • “Our toughest students make us the best teachers”
  • “Motivation comes after, not before”
  • “People only hear and understand what’s relevant to their perceived survival”
  • “Truth is relative”
  • “If all of us agree on everything, some of us are unnecessary”
  • “Are you now here, or are you nowhere?”

Links:

• Dr. Tim Lautzenheiser
• Attitude Concepts for Today, Inc.
• Conn-Selmer Education
• Grainger: Lincolnshire Posy
• Reed: La Fiesta Mexicana
• Reed: Armenian Dances
• Sousa: Stars and Stripes Forever
• Walton: Crown Imperial

Biography:

Tim Lautzenheiser began his teaching career at Northern Michigan University. He then moved to the University of Missouri, and from there to New Mexico State University. During that time, Tim developed highly acclaimed groups in both instrumental and vocal music.

Following his tenure in the college band directing world, he spent three years with McCormick’s Enterprises working as Executive Director of Bands of America. In 1981, Tim created Attitude Concepts for Today, Inc., an organization designed to manage the many requests for teacher inservice workshops, student leadership seminars, and convention speaking engagements focusing on the area of effective leadership training. After thirty-plus years of clinic presentations, some three million students have experienced one of his popular sessions.

Tim presently serves as Vice President of Education for Conn-Selmer, Inc. He is a nationally recognized voice touting the importance of arts education for every child.

His books, produced by G.I.A. Publications, Inc., continue to be bestsellers in the educational community. He is also co-author of popular band method, Essential Elements, as well as the Senior Educational Consultant for Hal Leonard, Inc. Tim is also the Senior Educational Advisor for Music for All, and NAMM (The National Association of Music Merchants).

He holds degrees from Ball State University and the University of Alabama; in 1995 he was awarded an Honorary Doctorate from the VanderCook College of Music. He continues to teach as an adjunct faculty member at: Ball State University, Indiana-Purdue/Ft. Wayne University, and Butler University. In addition, he is a member of the Midwest Clinic Board of Directors and the Western International Band Clinic/American Band College Board of Directors. He is presently the Chair of the National Association for Music Education Music Honor Society (Tri-M).