The Battle of Blank Stares – You aren’t a kids’ show!
5 Great Tips to combat students who just stare at you.
Music for the Music Teacher
Getting back into the school year, I find that I’m a little overwhelmed by school music. Mostly choosing for my ensembles. I feel like there is so much GOOD music, and so many choices, that I have no idea where to start. I think sometimes that...
The Silent Rehearsal
This week I tried something new with my band kids: A few of my coworkers definitely gave me some strange looks when I told them what we were doing this week. “How do you do that??!” I saw this great article from BandDirectorsTalkShop.com about...
Being Involved for YOU the musician – MIOSM Part 3
There are several times I’ve referred to my choir either here, or on Facebook. On Tuesday nights, I go to the local high school and sing for 3 hours with my community choir. Because I choose to go, my day becomes, essentially, a 14 hours out of the...
Crunchy Carrots in Choir
I have an all school elementary/middle school choir grades 1-8 at one of my schools. The kids sing in church pretty often, and perform a number of other times throughout the year. They’ve been singing really nicely lately, their tone has really...
