The following article, although a bit unusual is pertinent to this journal. It is not a review of research literature, nor is it a study about a single aspect of teaching music. It is, rather, a study about the application of research knowledge to teaching skills and values by experienced teachers. Update is based on the idea that if teachers are informed about the results of research, they will apply these results to their teaching. We all hope that this is true, and the results of this study seem to support the notion. Indeed, in this study, the researchers systematically examined how teachers' attitudes and skills changed as a result of being informed about research in a specific area: sequential patterns of instruction. The teachers chose to change without any contingencies operating to encourage or discourage this change. Work in understanding the sequential patterns of instruction in musk: is based on an ongoing line of research It is apparent that many music teachers and ensemble directors believe this concept is relevant, comprehensible, and easily applied.-H.E.P.