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Tag Archives: guide
The Dreaded Clarinet Embouchure (VIDEO)
Correct embouchure is EXTREMELY important for getting a good sound on any instrument, but the clarinet is particularly difficult. One of the pitfalls that young clarinetists fall into is thinking that they are right simply because they can get a … Continue reading
Posted in Teacher Guides - Band Instruments, Teaching Band, Teaching Private Lessons, Uncategorized
Tagged clarinet, clarinet couch coach, clarinetist, coach, couch, embouchure, guide, help, how-to, instruction, mouth, music, shape, tips, tricks, tutorial, video
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10 Things You Should Do BEFORE Your Child Starts Piano Lessons
Check out this excellent article by Elissa Milne. Click Here to read it. I would also add to this list: 11. Make sure your child knows the difference between high/low and loud/soft. You wouldn’t believe the number of students who … Continue reading
Posted in Teaching Piano, Teaching Private Lessons
Tagged age, alphabet, before, blog, child, children, concert, education, elissa milne, guide, high, how old, instrument, learn, lesson, lessons, loud, low, music, music education, parent, perform, piano, prepare, recital, rhythm, soft, start, student, teacher, what do i need
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Selecting Choral Literature
Selecting literature for your music ensemble may be one of the most important tasks you do at the beginning of the school year, and also one of the most difficult and time-consuming. Guest clinician Jason Locker presents some things to … Continue reading
Posted in Teaching Chorus
Tagged choir, choose, choral, chorus, clinician, guide, guidelines, how-to, literature, Melody, music, musicality, phrasing, pick, quality, range, select, selection, tessitura, tone
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Music Curriculum Standards and Pacing Guide
Hi all! I’m currently sitting in a chorus/band summer training institute for teachers and we are discussing music standards, and how to work with them. Some useful websites for planning lessons and exploring standards are: 1. http://www.CPALMS.org, the site for … Continue reading
Posted in Teaching Band, Teaching Chorus, Teaching Elementary, Teaching Guitar, Teaching Orchestra
Tagged arts, band, choir, chorus, cpalms, elementary, essential learnings, fine arts, guide, high school, incomplete curriculum, marzano, middle school, music, orchestra, pacing, perform, Race to the top, standards, strings, sunshine state, vocal, voice, winds
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Article: Singing Changes Your Brain
Hello all! I apologize for the long time between posts. I have several tabs open in my browser, just waiting to be shared and added to my lists, but the complications of moving, having to put down my lovebird Buddy, … Continue reading
Posted in Articles, Informational, Teaching Chorus
Tagged anxiety, brain, calm, changes, choir, choral, chorus, class, conversation, cortisol, depression, discussion, education, emotion, endorphin, energize, guide, health, hormone, lesson, loneliness, lonely, music, oxytocin, pleasure, reading, regularly, relief, relieves, sing, stress, student, tranquil, trust, worksheet
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Games: Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra
Stumbled across this website presented by the Weill Music Institute at Carnegie Hall that has a game based on Benjamin Britten’s “Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra”. Check it out here.
What to give your teacher?
I hope everyone had a Merry Christmas and Happy Hannukah, I sure did! At the beginning of December my studio had recitals, and I was able to have a recital that consisted of mostly my students. It has been very … Continue reading
Teacher Guides – Band Instruments
These are some teacher guides that I received from a professor; I am not sure whether there may be copyright issues with sharing this, so please let me know if there is a problem. Thanks. bassoon teaching guide Brass teaching … Continue reading
Posted in Teacher Guides - Band Instruments
Tagged brass, guide, how to teach, how to teach band, instruments, teacher, woodwind
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Adventures of a Music Teacher 