Hire Music Students … They Have Training!
What do businesses look for in a potential employee? If asked most business owners might answer, “Someone who is punctual, can communicate, learns quickly, is committed […]
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It’s Not about Perfection; It’s about the Journey
Over my four decades of studying how to create an ensemble culture that results in consistent levels of excellence, I’ve focused more and more on […]
How Can We Embrace New Teaching Strategies and Building-wide Initiatives?
By Kim Pfeiffer, Goddard Public Schools Today’s teachers are inundated with many new strategies, school wide initiatives and one size fits all solutions to the […]
Essential Somatics: A Somatic Series for Musicians
This is the first of a three part series of articles related to the use of somatic principles in freeing the body in order to sing (and […]
Composing in Elementary Instrumental Music
Reprinted with permission from the Spring 2018 issue of the Maryland Music Educator Author’s Note: Since I only teach strings, my examples are from strings classes. […]
Music Education in the Federal Landscape—and How It Connects Back to You!
Reprinted with permission from the Massachusetts Music Educators Journal. As we approach the end of President Trump’s first year in office, how is music education […]
Music Education and Socio-Emotional Development
Research consistently shows that participation in music education benefits the socio-emotional development of all children, with or without disabilities, “at risk” or not, all ethnicities, […]
Advice from the Experts: Facilitating Communication
Good communication is vital for music teachers. As a co-curricular subject, we must clearly communicate our needs and intentions in regard to both academic and […]
Technology in a 1-to-1 High School Music Program
I teach Choral Music, Electronic Music and Musical Theatre at Dodge City High School. Each student at Dodge City High School (6A school) has a […]
Advice from the Experts: Technology in the Classroom
Technology! It can be both a blessing and a curse for music teachers. Since the Tanglewood Symposium in 1967, MENC (and later NAfME) has listed […]
