Last week, one of my music ed majors was in my classroom sobbing, trying not to call attention to herself.  I approached her and asked...

I know I shouldn’t be writing on my blog right now… Not at 8:20 am when I have students coming in so soon.  But I can’t help myself.  I...

Every day, many anxious students tap their feet, drum their fingers, and hum throughout “core” classes, anticipating the much favored...

Okay friends… Seriously… I can hardly contain my enthusiasm for this upcoming concert as I sit here writing this blog post!!! It’s not...

This year we have a new principal at my school.  One of the changes brought about included a staff presence in the hallways during the...

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....

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...

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...

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