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A busy spring begins in just a few short weeks with the Blair County JH Honors Band. After that, debuts abound, clinics come round, and ...

First of all, thanks to friends and colleagues who sent me messages regarding my post about Elementary Band Literature. Though I have not written a ...

I’ve had a couple of inquiries from friends and colleagues about beginning band literature that I have completed. Below are a series of short links ...

First of all, Happy Independence Day! It is a great day to celebrate our freedom, and thank the men and women who have and continue ...

Pleased to announce that “Let Them Soar!” is now available from Bandworks Publications! This new dynamic work for young band celebrates the amazing performances that young musicians ...

Today I wanted to offer several different ways in which you could communicate with parents about what is happening in your music room. As music ...

When I first began teaching, I used worksheets quite often to assess student understanding. As I've gotten older and more experienced, I have realized that ...

Ah, Kindergarten music class...it is at times so joyful and fun and at other times a bit daunting. I remember Kindergarteners being my favorite grade ...

In today's music classroom, we are expected to do so much: have students match pitch, teach students rhythmic and melodic concepts, encourage artistry and expression, ...

Hi everyone!I hope all of your holiday preparations are going well! I spent quite a bit of time in the car this weekend as ...

Music Teacher’s Helper (one of my favorite resources!) recently conducted a survey asking private music teachers what their favorite resources are. They compiled the results ...

I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and New Year’s! Reviews have been absent for a while here on the blog this past holiday ...

Last night was an evening of tradition and new beginnings. It was our 17th annual studio Christmas recital, but it was also our 1st annual ...

In doing some research for next semester, I came across this section on gutenberg.org that contains a set of 13 composer books by Thomas Tapper ...

Congratulations to Joy over at Color in My Piano who has won the Synoptic App Giveaway!

The book "Teaching Music Through Composition: A Curriculum Using Technology" can now be pre-ordered.

The 10 session course will be in the Standard Format and run for 11 consecutive weeks, skipping Thanksgiving week. In 10 sessions you'll not only ...

A frequent discussion thread in music education involves re-evaluating traditional school ensemble music programs – bands, orchestras, choirs – and the role of music education ...

The MusicEdTech online course Teaching Music with GarageBand for three graduate credits begins in one week on June 16, 2012. There are only a couple ...

Teaching Music with GarageBand Three (3) Graduate Credits through Salem State University   Here’s the course calendar for the course beginning June 16, 2012. The ...

The 8 Most Popular iPads In Music Education Articles of 2014 In early January, I shared the list of my 10 most popular music tech ...

Do you have a music technology question or struggle? The start of a new year is always motivational for me – it’s a time to ...

Happy New Year! Each year at this time I take a look through my website stats to see which were the most popular posts during ...

Unit: Instruments of the Orchestra A unit about the instruments of the orchestra is frequently included in music education curricula around the world and there ...

Why it can be good to get off-topic Last week I ran my 15th workshop for the year for the Association of Music Educators in ...

As seen on Craigslist:Seeking live in Opera Coach to help soprano prepare music for auditions and concerts. Must be good ...

Although collaborative pianists are known for their ability to ...

Time for Three is a string trio originally from the Curtis Institute but now in residence with the Indianapolis Symphony. Their unique style ...

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Here’s a cool site called Patternroot I just discovered from bassist Gahlord Dewald: Three things for this site — getting better at playing bass instruments, helping composers ...

Check out this cool new orchestra in the Philadelphia area, featuring longtime blog contributor John Grillo! Pennsylvania Philharmonic. If you haven’t checked out John’s contributions ...

US Airways refuses to transport double bass – YouTube.

Classical orchestra eating the worlds hottest chili peppers … – YouTube.

This is a wonderful documentary from the Chicago Tribune about important musical happenings in Chicago jazz and the Kenwood Academy–well worth a viewing:

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 ...

It’s been a great teaching and learning year. As I look ahead, there are just 5 more weeks of school; I can’t help but reflect ...

{I have been quite reticent lately due to my involvement with the middle school musical – which I will reflect later. I wanted to quickly ...

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 ...

www.SmartMusic.com www.sbomagazine.com I was listening to some student assignments that were in my SmartMusic in box.  I had one that was tricky ...

The purpose of this research study is an examination of a music artist-teacher’s pedagogical approaches and practices in teaching composition to a Year 5 IB ...

The purpose of this research was to explore how participants perceived themselves as preservice music teachers. Bouij’s (1998) salient role-identities in music education served as ...

The purpose of this mixed-methods study was to explore the phenomenon of participation in a high school rock orchestra from the perspective of alumni. Specific ...

This article reports on a year-long project carried out in three UK primary schools, which aimed to understand the expectations and experiences of children participating ...

The persistence of young men in choral singing activity has been widely studied in North America, with emerging parallel research in Europe (Freer, 2013; Harrison ...

Yes, I'm late to the party with this, but having resumed regular blogging in 2015, I am announcing ...

Harry L. Dinkle, the "world's greatest band ...

In my current ...

As I finish off this round of grading projects for my ...

This particular recording has been floating around the internet for two years, but it continues to demonstrate ...