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

Music, Mind, and Education is an enjoyable and easy read for any Music Education enthusiast.  Swanwick takes the reader on a journey...

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...

Have you ever noticed this trend in some music teachers where they are proud that they don’t do any recruiting?  What is that?  It seems...

After a long but stimulating week of learning and practicing the Paul Rolland Pedagogy, I am feeling inspired to do more, to work harder,...

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...

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...

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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...