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Sitting in Sharp and Flat with Dan Healy and Kim Ankney
It is our extreme pleasure to welcome AUTHOR Friends: Kim Ankney & Dan Healy onto the show to chat about their new book: Music Discovery:...
angelaammerman
Oct 16, 20201 min read
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8 Hacks for Virtual Teaching Breakthroughs!
In this episode, I go over 8 SUPER EASY Hacks for drastically improving your virtually teaching! Like so many things in teaching,...
angelaammerman
Apr 14, 20201 min read
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7 Tips for a SUPERIOR Assessment Season
Welcome to EPISODE 30 of #MusicEdLove! This episode is coming out via special request for those of you preparing for Assessment! Here are...
angelaammerman
Jan 13, 20203 min read
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Should I Major in Music Education?
#orchestra #choir #band #music #mariachi #musiceducation #musiced #guitar #musicedlove
angelaammerman
Oct 14, 20191 min read
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Spark Some Joy!
Welcome back to an exciting new school year! In this podcast, we aim to get you off to a great start with a few overarching goals for...
angelaammerman
Aug 29, 20191 min read
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#MusicEdLove Podcast Episode 5: Boredom Busters Part II – Round and Round and Round We Go
https://criticalpedagogyelectrified.files.wordpress.com/2017/12/episode-5-boredom-busters-part-ii-round-and-round-and-round-we-go.mp3...
angelaammerman
Dec 26, 20171 min read
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#MusicEdLove Podcast – Episode 2: Building a Community of Music Lovers with Tony Burriss
In this episode, we will have Tony Burriss speaking on Building a Community of Music Lovers, on the journey from band director to West...
angelaammerman
Nov 14, 20171 min read
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#MusicEdLove Podcast – Episode 1: Boredom Busters with Crumbly Bubbles and Company
In Episode 1, I will give you tips and tricks for eliminating boredom during those repetitious moments in class and making sure your...
angelaammerman
Oct 30, 20171 min read
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The Power of Even a Drop of Critical Pedagogy
Every day, many anxious students tap their feet, drum their fingers, and hum throughout “core” classes, anticipating the much favored...
angelaammerman
Jun 1, 20164 min read
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Three Enrollment Issues & How to Deal with Them
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....
angelaammerman
Aug 26, 20154 min read
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The Honor of Honors Orchestras (or Lack Thereof…)
Sweaty hands. Shaking knees. Bow perfectly rosined. Stan is ready for his audition. He has worked countless hours, practicing,...
angelaammerman
Aug 14, 20153 min read
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5 Surefire Ways to Save Rehearsal Time
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...
angelaammerman
Aug 7, 20152 min read
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Ingredients for the BEST LESSON EVA!
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,...
angelaammerman
Aug 6, 20153 min read
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Is This You? Building Perceptual Awareness in Listening
This past week, a few friends and I were chatting about various ways to increase students’ listening skills and I thought perhaps I would...
angelaammerman
Aug 3, 20153 min read
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Humor – There is a Place for it During Rehearsals!
I spent this evening smiling, laughing, and listening to amazing stories and jokes by other musicians and music teachers. I love to...
angelaammerman
Jul 30, 20153 min read
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Private Teacher/Public Teacher Hostility
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...
angelaammerman
Jul 28, 20153 min read
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MUSIC ED MAJOR RANT
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...
angelaammerman
Jul 26, 20154 min read
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Makin’ Music in Juvie
The need for prison reform within our country is a well-supported and documented void within our social system. While many efforts have...
angelaammerman
Jul 25, 20153 min read
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Student Retention & Johann the Orchestra Rat Rides Again
Today I was super inspired by a post made by @thecandidchoraldirector She was talking about the school year starting up again and it...
angelaammerman
Jul 24, 20154 min read
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Emotion & Music
#choir #ensembles #band #education #guitar
angelaammerman
Jul 23, 20151 min read
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