Teachers, Are You Helping or Hurting?
When working with students, it is easy for teachers to feel accomplished because they reached the end of their lesson plan for the day. […]
Ensembles
Advice from the Experts: Winter Concert Planning
Kansas is blessed with great music teachers from around the state who have a great deal of wisdom and advice they can share with peers. […]
BASIC FACTORS INFLUENCING SAXOPHONE TONE QUALITY: A BRIEF DISCUSSION
There is no question that the overriding consideration that influences tone quality is the model of tone consciously or unconsciously held in the mind’s ear. […]
Advice From the Experts: Motivation Part 1 – Recruitment & Retention in the Music Classroom
Kansas is blessed with great music teachers from around the state who have a great deal of wisdom and advice they can share with peers. […]
Teaching and Learning Spiccato in Three Stages
The sound produced by spiccato bow stroke is one of the most unique articulations that bowed string instruments can project. This is a short and […]
Learning To Let Go: Give Your Ensemble More Control!
In one of those over-stressed moments that tackle us from time to time, I started think about my career choice, and conducting in general. I […]
More Opportunities for Kansas Choral Musicians
It’s finally happening!!! As many of you know, there is an additional ALL-STATE CHOIR coming to Kansas at the 2019 February In-Service Workshop! The final […]
Challenges in Small Schools
I’m now set to begin my 20th year of teaching – all of them in small schools in Kansas’ northwest district and I’m passionate about […]
How to Teach Stringed-Instrument Tuning
Reprinted with permission from the Spring 2017 issue of the Utah Music Educators Journal. Anyone who has ever played an instrument with strings recognizes that […]
You Should Start Your Own Middle School Boys Singing Group
Reprinted with permission from the Winter 2016 issue of the Massachusetts Music Educators Journal. It’s the age-old conundrum for many middle school choral directors: We […]
