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Tag Archives: student
Recital Programs!
As a creative person, I do enjoy making an attractive product like a recital program, but sometimes they are a pain. Below you will find a link to purchase some I have created, if you do not want to go through … Continue reading
Posted in Teaching Band, Teaching Chorus, Teaching Elementary, Teaching Orchestra, Teaching Other Music Classes, Teaching Piano, Teaching Private Lessons, Teaching Voice
Tagged border, buy, cheap, Christmas, concert, easy, fast, free, hannukah, holiday, holly, ideas, instrument, lights, music, perform, program, purchase, quick, recital, seasonal, simple, student, template, tips, voice, winter
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SOVT, Vocal Development, and…Straws??
Hello everyone! I recently had a student with an emergency situation: she woke up with no voice! This is a little girl (11) who might as well have been born on the stage — she sings all the time! And … Continue reading
Posted in Teaching Chorus, Teaching Private Lessons, Vocal Resources
Tagged alto, bass clef, children, exercises, fleming, help, kid, opera, renee, semi occluded, sick, sing, soprano, sovt, steam, straw, student, tenor, tired, vocal, vocal tract, voice
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My Next Adventure: Lessons and Housewifery
Well, I did it. I quit. I was teaching middle school, and most of the time it was a reasonably good experience. Except when it wasn’t. This past year I taught two classes each of chorus and orchestra (what I … Continue reading
Posted in Teaching Private Lessons
Tagged difficult, lessons, middle school, music, quit, student, teacher, teaching, why
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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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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.
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
Article: Benefits of Music Education
While the Mozart-effect may be questionable, there’s no doubt that studying music can improve children’s minds. Music causes you to think differently, decode faster (increasing reading fluency), and helps fine-motor skills to develop – these are things I have seen … Continue reading
Music for Christmas Carols
Here are some links to various websites to find Christmas carols! http://www.carols.org.uk/ – This site is not the best, but it has some recordings, lyrics, facts, and a few games. http://hymnchords.net/ – Just what it sounds like…chords for hymns. http://makingmusicfun.net … Continue reading
Posted in Music, Poetry, & Lyrics, Sheet Music, Teaching Private Lessons
Tagged carol, children, Christian, Christmas, free, gospel, hymn, jesus, music, sheet, student
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“Unity”
Unity I dreamed I stood in a studio and watched the sculptors there. The clay they used was a young child’s mind, and they fashioned it with care. One was a teacher; the tools he used were books, and music, … Continue reading
Adventures of a Music Teacher 