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Category Archives: Inspirational
Good News in a Scale
Also called “The Christmas Scale.” This is a cute video, and can also be used to explain why it’s important to learn scales and correct fingerings. Merry Christmas! Enjoy! The Christmas Scale: Good News in a Scale
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Tagged chrisstmas, good, holiday, jesus, joy, momma, movie, narrate, news, scale, the, to, video, watch, world, youtube
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Forget STEM, it’s time for STEAM!
Finally, someone is getting a clue that something is missing from the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) program, and that is the letter “A”, for Arts! Read this article on a new project starting in New York. http://nationswell.com/well-rounded-education-new-york-city-revive-arts-additional-teachers/
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Tagged art, arts, budget, cut, education, engineering, funding, hire, math, new york, pay, school, science, steam, stem, teachers, technology
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Some Academic Benefits of Music
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Tagged academic, education, grades, intelligence, mozart, mozart effect, music, school, statistics, stats
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Gorgeous Icelandic Hymn
A gorgeous hymn sung by a men’s choir in a train station. Sure to enhance your evening. 🙂 Árstíðir is a band from Iceland. Here they are singing the 13th century Icelandic hymn “Heyr himna smiður” at a train station … Continue reading
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Tagged beautiful, choir, chorus, ensemble, frozen, germany, Heyr himna smiður, hymn, iceland, male, man, men, norway, quartet, quintet, scandanavia, septet, sing, song, train station, video
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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
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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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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/
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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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Video: “Angels we have Heard On High” – The Piano Guys
Christmas is just two days away, so I thought it appropriate to share something Christmas-y and musical. This is a really neat video created by The Piano Guys in which four men play the same piano using special effects. You … Continue reading
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Tagged angels, Angels we have heard on high, Christ, Christmas, drum, drummer boy, jesus, music, piano, piano guys, play, the, the piano guys, video
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Article: Is Music the Key to Success?
A New York Times article by Joanie Lipman entitled, “Is Music the Key to Success?” Many of these concepts mentioned here are, in my opinion, fundamental to becoming what most people would call “successful.” Music forces you to think in … Continue reading
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