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This past summer, I attended Alan ...

This week, the Star-Spangled Banner, the national anthem of the United ...

Hungry anybody? Music Theory Explained by Oreos… Nice! Click/Touch the ...

I found this cool online whiteboard ...

Most people don’t ...

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 ...

I am eagerly looking forward to working with the Lawrence County Senior High All-Star Band on Thursday, January 7th at Westminster College. I count many ...

I am looking forward to presenting at the Beaver County Arts Education Consortium tomorrow at Beaver Falls High School. I have the dubious distinction of ...

As we near August, you may be starting to think about your music lessons for the upcoming school year. Today, I'm blogging with six musical ...

I'm really excited to link up with Tracy King from Mrs. King Rocks to blog with a tour of my classroom!

I have been super busy lately preparing for the new school year in my music room! Since Back-to-School has been on everyone's mind lately, I ...

After reading many posts about flexible seating in the grade-level classroom, I decided to give it a try this year! This ...

Today, I'm blogging about my 10 favorite books to sing. There are so many out there, but these are the ones ...

If you’re looking for music group class game that your students will love, Composer Trading is sure to do the job! Every time we play ...

In most public schools across the country, music education is an important part of the educational experience. The history of music education in the United ...

One of our favorite loud and lively games we’ve played in the studio is Composer Trading. It was one of the highlights at our September ...

We are officially two weeks into piano lessons for this fall, and everyone is off to a great start with our Vanishing Voices practice incentive ...

The September Surprise! has become a much-anticipated tradition in our studio, but I think I can safely say that this year’s will go down in ...

A Composition Project for Performing Ensembles By NAfME Member Matthew Witt For decades, performing ensembles have focused on one thing: Rehearsing. We must learn to ...

Teaching Clarinet: Introducing Articulation By NAfME Member Wendy Higdon Article originally posted on On and Off the Podium For the fifth and final post in ...

Commercial Music: A Paradigm Shift in Music Education (Part 2 of 2) By NAfME Member Michael Parsons Director of Instrumental Music Briarcrest Christian School Memphis, ...

Simple, Inexpensive Band Room Solutions Penny-Pinching in your Band Program   By NAfME Members Andrew Smouse and Brittany Hassler All music teachers know money and ...

Deadline to Enter Grant Competition  Is October 1! Students Share Thoughts on #MusicEdIdol Teachers   Nominate your #MusicEdIdol HERE.   21st Century Fox and Give ...

What can I do with Chromebooks or mixed devices in music education? Many of you have been asking me how you can effectively use Chromebooks ...

Sibelius tutorials for educators (continued) This is the fifth part in a series of posts that feature Sibelius tutorial videos that I created especially for ...

So many videos, so little time I have a few go-to Youtube channels that I visit when I’m seeking a little inspiration and a few ...

Sibelius tutorials for educators (continued) This is the fourth part in a series of posts that feature Sibelius tutorial videos that I created especially for ...

Sibelius tutorials for educators (continued) This is the third part in a series of posts that feature Sibelius tutorial videos that I created especially for ...

Classical pianists often have a lot of difficulty playing the ...

I took this picture yesterday at the Royal Conservatory in ...

Congrats to Toronto's Tapestry Opera on making the CBC Arts list of 10 artists reshaping Canada's artistic landscape for their recent ...

Dressage rider Audrey Zehnder is the backdrop for Lori Laitman's Old Tunes, as performed by soprano Natalie Mann and pianist Jeffrey ...

William Steinberg leading the New York Philharmonic in a poignant and energetic 1965 performance of Julia Perry's Study for Orchestra:[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QhIsJ_RKoXg]

  For the last seven years, I held down a full-time job that obliterated any possibility of attending events like the BASS2016 European Double Bass ...

Corey Brown started out on the “traditional” music school path. Starting out at the University of North Texas, Corey left and became a graphic designer. ...

Hi readers, Peter Tambroni here from MostlyBass.com. For the next 48 hours I’m offering two freebies! My book –  “An Introduction to Double Bass Playing” An ...

Nina DeCesare‘s creative musical quest is inspiring. First, she won the 14 and under International Society of Bassists solo competition. Then she won it again ...

I’ll be in Prague this week for the European Bass Congress.  I’ll be doing some interviews and getting to know many new European bass friends, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Sounds of Intent in the Early Years explores the musical development of children from birth to five years of age. Observational evidence has been utilised ...

This study looks at children’s music making in a public setting designed for society writ large. Although known to most children in the city, the ...

This article offers a short commentary on the "state of play" in early childhood music education research to accompany the articles published in this special ...

Two assumptions that underlie much research in early childhood music education are that music is a social endeavor and musical participation is beneficial to children’s ...