This week, we welcome John Kilkenny onto #MusicEdLove. John Kilkenny is a leading performer, educator and artistic leader who is...

Today it is our extreme pleasure to welcome Director of Music Education and Associate Professor  at George Mason University: Dr. Charles...

Welcome to EPISODE 30 of #MusicEdLove! This episode is coming out via special request for those of you preparing for Assessment! Here are...

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“If you see a student in your classroom who is willing to take on a leadership position, knows how to delegate, knows how to be in front...

Dian Eddleman has been teaching school music in public and independent schools for more than thirty years and is presently Choral...

In this episode, I talk about a few tips for recruiting and retaining student musicians. Enjoy!https://criticalpedagogyelectrified.files....

This episode details my Top Ten Tips for those first few weeks back to school! From befriending the custodians to finding a place for...

https://criticalpedagogyelectrified.files.wordpress.com/2017/12/episode-5-boredom-busters-part-ii-round-and-round-and-round-we-go.mp3...

I have this one class… We all have the one class right?  Well, in this one class, my students are doing terrible in school. I mean...

Well… They didn’t actually come to blows over the grand pause… But they were close. There were words, that is for sure!  Fighting words!...

When I was a little girl, I used to get so annoyed with my mom for making us perform all over the place…  I’m not sure why I would get so...

I have been excited about this year for a while now for a number of reasons.  First of all, this is the first time in my entire teaching...

Between my wordpress & tumblr followers, we are at last at 50!  I am just thrilled with this number and cannot wait to see it move on up....

Sweaty hands.  Shaking knees. Bow perfectly rosined.  Stan is ready for his audition.  He has worked countless hours, practicing,...

As I am getting ready for the school year to start, I have been thinking about ways to resolve long-term posture issues that students...

Okay, in favor of being parsimonious (per the title of my post…) this is going to be a quick post tonight.  I just want to reiterate to...

Are you already writing up your lesson plans for the 15-16 school year?  I know how stressful this time of year can be, so in this post,...

As so many of you are heading back to school soon, I thought it might be fitting to do a post on starting a new position.  It is so...

This past week, a few friends and I were chatting about various ways to increase students’ listening skills and I thought perhaps I would...