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Monthly Archives: January 2014
The Look
A little giggle for your Friday morning. :p
10 Lessons the Arts Teach
The arts teach children to make good judgements about qualitative relationships. The arts teach children that problems can have more than one solution and that questions can have more than one answer. (There are different ways of doing things, though … Continue reading
“Did you know?” Facts about music’s effect on us.
In 2012 I had the privilege of teaching at a middle school and working with a very kind and smart student who loves music, and enjoys composing. He is now a sophomore in high school and taking composition classes. This … Continue reading
Posted in Informational, Inspirational
Tagged all-county, attendance, band, brain, chorus, compose, composer, composition, did you know, ensemble, FCAT, graduation, music, nervous, orchestra, perform, play, reading, rehearse, research, SAT, science, scientific, score, skill, speech, studies, study, system, test, violin
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Music Jewelry
For some people jewelry is just something you wear to help yourself look more “professional”, for others they want to simply be pretty, and still others want to express their personality through their adornments. If you are someone who is … Continue reading
Posted in Fun Stuff and Merchandise
Tagged band, bracelet, bulk, chandelier, cheap, chorus, clarinet, custom, dangle, drum, earrings, eighth, etsy, flute, guitar, handmade, horn, jewelry, keychain, microphone, music, music-themed, note, notes, orchestra, order, sale, shop, sixteenth, themed, trumpet, violin
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Resource: FREE Music Lesson Plans
Check out this database of music lesson plans from Hillsborough Countyu Schools: Music Curriculum Search You will need to enter the provided username and password. I have not examined these lesson plans in detail, but when you log in you … Continue reading
Posted in 3rd-5th Grade Lessons, Kindergarten Lessons, Lesson Plans & Ideas, Teaching Elementary
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Resource: Vocal Warm-Ups and Sight-Reading Exercises
I found a fantastic book that every voice teacher should have in their collection, it is called The Private Voice Studio Handbook, written by Joan Frey Boytim. The author is well-known for her many solo compilation books and it is … Continue reading
Posted in Teaching Private Lessons
Tagged adult, beginning, book, boytim, business, children, class, exercises, help, high school, home, how-to, Joan Frey Boytim, lesson, lesson rates, lessons, look inside, middle school, music, new teacher, pedagogy, practice, private, rate, sample, sheet, sheet music, sight-read, studio, taxes, teach, view, vocal, voice, warm-up, warmups, young adult, youth
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2013 in review
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2013 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: The concert hall at the Sydney Opera House holds 2,700 people. This blog was viewed about 40,000 times in 2013. If it were a … Continue reading
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Practice Advice from Bud Herseth
An article that was shared with me that includes some excellent practice advice from renowned trumpeter Bud Herseth. Enjoy! http://brassmusiconline.com/Articles/practise-advice-from-bud-herseth/
Posted in Inspirational, Practice Techniques
Tagged air, brass, brassmusiconline.com, Bud, Chicago, clarinet, CSO, help, Herseth, how long to practice, ideas, long tones, perform, play, practice, rehearse, suggestions, Symphony, technique, time, tips, trumpet, warm-up, wind
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Adventures of a Music Teacher 