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It has been an exciting year (and my final) at Mercer Middle-Senior High School. I am eagerly looking forward to the next chapter that begins ...

Tomorrow (November 5th) I will be at Indiana University of Pennsylvania for their annual Junior High Honor Band Invitational. Dr. Jason Worzbyt (friend, colleague, and ...

When was July 4th? Same time as last year? When did that happen? I guess I am in a “summer daze”… To all my band ...

I am eagerly awaiting the debut of “Fanfare for Years to Come” tonight by good friend Dr. Joseph M. Pisano and the Grove City College ...

As a music educator of over twenty years and a parent of school age children, I don’t always attend a live concert where I don’t ...

After many hours of working in my room, I'm FINALLY ready to reveal my music room for this year!

Need ideas for a third grade program? In today's blog post, I'm writing about my program, "You Belong Here."

This past week, with my second graders, I have been doing centers to practice sol, la, mi, and do. Typically when I do centers (which ...

As I wrote about in this blog post, teaching Kindergarten is so different than any other grade! They are at times so sweet, ...

"Data" seems to such a buzz word lately in the education world. How well are students achieving? How much they have grown from year to ...

There are so many things that are easy to take for granted as musicians. We are standing on the shoulders, as it were, of many ...

In conjunction with our rhythm-themed practice incentive, Beat the Pirates!, this year, I was thinking it would be cool to spend time at one of ...

There are always a number of factors and considerations that go into developing a new practice incentive theme for our studio. This year, there were ...

If you’ve been around here for a while, you know that it’s no secret that I love moo.com. I first became aware of them when ...

Chris Owenby, founder of PracticeHabits.co, has been cranking out oodles of resources for piano teachers – from sheet music to technical exercises to helpful practice ...

Five Tips to Make Arranging Approachable Teaching Students How to Create Their Own Music By NAfME Member Taylor Morris   I often find myself wondering ...

Welcoming a Jehovah’s Witness into the Band Room Questions to Ask and Practices to Implement By NAfME Member Brian Weidner   Can we treat students ...

Conducting is Good for Your Health! Expanding Your Conducting Vocabulary By NAfME Member Dr. Andrea Strauss   Have you ever wanted to improve your conducting? ...

  Tips for Success in Establishing and Maintaining a Beginning Band Program Organizational and Instructional Strategies for Creating Your School’s Band Program   By NAfME ...

  Big Things Can Come in Small Packages Achieving Success in a Small (Rural) School   By NAfME Member Stanley Johnson   “Don’t teach music ...

  Since 1998, Google has periodically decorated the company logo to celebrate notable events, anniversaries and historical figures and over the years more than 2000 ...

Midnight Music Community Member Spotlight This member spotlight features Judith Bell from Christchurch, New Zealand.   What do you teach and where? I am responsible ...

In this episode My guest today is Matt Ferrante - a music tech teacher from the Pittsburgh Science and Technology Academy - a STEM school ...

For the past 6 years I have put together a list of free music technology resources in an ebook titled The Ultimate Free Music Tech ...

  Music Quotes to Inspire: on practice, performance, and hard work   If I don't practice one day, I know it; two days, the critics know ...

Although this is a Dizzy Gillespie/Ray Brown fronted lineup, the Valerie Capers piano solo is one of the highlights on this 1981 Birks' ...

Some sad news from Toronto - Musical Toronto reports that Talisker Players will be ceasing operations at the end of the concert ...

In many of the schools of music that I've visited in the last while, there's a lot of dressing down going on. Has anyone else ...

Inspired by both Arnold Schönberg and the chaos of kids running around at a birthday party, the John Adams Chamber Symphony is a tremendously fun ...

Some recently unearthed information casts some doubt on the commonly held assertion that Samuel Sanders coined the term "collaborative pianist".Here's a

It seems like yesterday that I was getting ready to head down to the 2017 International Society of Bassists Convention.  How quickly time flies! I’m really ...

Hi folks!  I hope your August is progressing smoothly.  I’m kicking back here in San Francisco and looking forward to heading down to Texas for the ...

Happy August! There’s lots of activity in the bass world as always as we head into the tail end of summer. Check out all 21 ...

I hope you’re having a great tail end of July! We’re enjoying warm and sunny days over here in the North Beach neighborhood of San Francisco. ...

I hope your summer is moving along well!  I’m enjoying a few weeks close to home here in San Francisco.  My next big project is learning ...

Season’s Greetings! Yes, I am alive and well, even though I have been absent from the blogsphere :^). As I have these past three years, ...

In a few days, students and I will be starting classes for the 2016 – 2017 school year. I think many teachers and students share ...

The Road Home  Michael Dennis Browne Tell me where is the road I can call my own, That I left, that I lost, so long ...

Two weeks ago, I called my dear high school music teacher, Mr. Dengler, to tell him that I have been appointed as the new Director ...

Lately, I’ve been longing to hear great new music. New choral music to be specific. Sometimes, you just need to hear a beautiful SATB choir to ...

https://www.makemusic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Weezic-Acquisition-Press-Release-final.pdf?utm_source=cheetah&utm_medium=email I don't know about your district, but mine has really gone in for Chromebooks.  We are 1:1 with that family of ...

I have my first SmartMusic assignment out the door for all of my students as of last Friday. Because of the parent-student-teacher happening next ...

www.smartmusic.com (Background: At my middle school we are requiring everyone to have an account and we are paying for it with a student ...

Yikes! It has been a while since I have posted here. Personally, it has been an eventful summer for me and my family. ...

https://www.smartmusic.com/training/smartmusic-workshops/ Are you looking for license renewal hours?  Are you required by your state to get some hours in "technology" even though you ...