Consortium Members
| Center Grove Middle School North (IN) | Michael Bolla |
| Center Grove Middle School Central (IN) | Emma Remley |
| Washington Community High School (IL) | Jim Tallman and Lisa Parrott |
| McLean High School (VA) | Chris Weise and Deidra Denson |
| Montezuma – Cortez High School (CO) | Katie Schrichte |
| Morton High School (IL) | Tim Gray and Craig Hatter |
| Willowbrook High School (IL) | Al Rendak |
| St. Clair High School (MO) | Tim Karth |
| Decatur Central High School (IN) | Tim Cox |
| New Palestine High School (IN) | Jon Carney |
| Lake Howell High School (FL) | Jose Eslava and Joshua Rosenthal |
| Westfield High School (VA) | Alan P. Johnson and Bill Schnepper |
| Whiteland High School (IN) | Peter Sampson and Adam Dostalik |
“Once in a Lifetime, Never Again” is a lyrical piece for young to intermediate band. At the same time, it offers a lot of opportunity with more advanced ensembles to work on expressive qualities and intonation. “Once in a Lifetime, Never Again” speaks to how I think we are all feeling over the last year. Nothing has been normal, and most of our daily lives have been disrupted. I feel students can relate to the feelings of challenge, loss of normalcy, but still have an optimism looking ahead to a brighter time, and that brighter time is what this piece is really trying to represent. Hopefully, this is once in a lifetime, but never again.
