I spent this evening smiling, laughing, and listening to amazing stories and jokes by other musicians and music teachers.  I love to...

Sorry for the lack of more academic writing this week.  I am in a workshop all week and am getting in late every night.  So I just don’t...

Today was my first day of the Paul Rolland String Workshop.  It has been really interesting.  So far, we have done a bit of Alexander...

In each year of teaching music, I have always had at least one student who was interested in majoring in music education.  Many of them...

The need for prison reform within our country is a well-supported and documented void within our social system.  While many efforts have...

Today I was super inspired by a post made by @thecandidchoraldirector  She was talking about the school year starting up again and it...

I read this fantastic book a few months ago and have found it immensely helpful! So below, I will do a review of the book Mindset, by...

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I have always believed strongly in the power of a great role model to provide some guidance as we navigate our academic, musical, social,...

I am so happy you are reading this post tonight!  This is my 21st post in a row, and they say that it takes 21 days to build a habit.  So...

Have you ever been a big fish in a little pond?  I had a student once who was an enormous fish in this teeny tiny pond of little...

This evening, we went to see the movie Tomorrowland and were really moved.  The basic plot of the movie is that the world is going to end...

Have you ever seen a mass exodus out of a music program?  I see this each year in elementary strings program.  The transition between 4th...

The warmth of the freshly baked bread wafts from the kitchen right into the dining room where I sit, staring at my computer,...

Culture, Identity, Self-Concept: these are my interests this evening as I prepare for a meeting with one of my colleagues.  We are...

As I am gearing up for another article on recruiting, I thought I would write some preliminary impressions here on an article I am...

The survey results have already started coming in & I am really thrilled with the results!  My Future Music Educators seem to have...

Just yesterday, I read an article on all state musicians’ attitudes toward majoring in music education.  It was a really great article...

Wow!  Today was an amazing day!  We had 5 students in our FMEC camp and they were wonderful.  I was really impressed from the beginning...

My own county has been experiencing severe budget issues ever since I have been a teacher here (five years) and while they are known...