Charles McCampbell
Charles McCampbell is a serious music lover and a private music instructor who has been committed to teaching students young and old the importance of developing their skills as performing artists whether they are instrumentalist or vocalist. He believes that a good definition of professional means to perform your ability with a high degree of excellence. Charles grew up in Michigan near Detroit where there was a heavy emphasis on Motown music. He and his three brothers often performed singing the great songs of Motown sung by artists like Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, The Temptations etc. As a teen, Charles moved to New York City and had the opportunity to study drums and Afro/Cuban percussion for two years at a school in Manhattan called Jazzmobile. This awarded him the opportunity to perform at Town Hall and other famous venues in New York City. After touring and performing for several years, Charles reunited with his three brothers in Dallas, Texas. There they formed a group commercially known as Mac Band. They were signed to a major contract with MCA Records. This awarded them more opportunities to tour and promote their albums all over the United States and abroad.
Charles and his wife Deborah are proud parents of 5 musically gifted children who are also successful musicians. While in the Dallas area, Charles opened a school of music called Music Lovers. There he still teaches private lessons along with three other teachers. Music Lovers offers lessons in guitar, bass guitar, voice, drums and percussion, congas and other hand drums, piano, violin, and viola. We have students of all ages and ethnic backgrounds. Charles is convinced that music is a universal language that is appreciated by people of every race, creed and color. While teaching music in the Dallas area, Charles also took an interest in health and fitness. He became a Certified Holistic Nutritionist, and a Certified Trainer. He’s an advocate for good health and fitness. He also believes that good health will assist and encourage one to be a good musician and performer. As a man of faith, Charles was moved to write a book to encourage spiritual growth and maturity. He believes that a healthy balance between one’s physical, emotional, and spiritual life will result in peace within, and a long productive life.
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The Essential Work of the Arts: A Productive Response for Teachers
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Musicast Episode 5: Young Band Directors Panel- Finding and Remembering Your “Why”
\A panel of high school band directors who have been teaching for 6 years or less come together to discuss the good, the bad, and the inspirational parts of being a band director. The discussion includes topics about leadership, COVID era teaching, and finding and remembering why they became music teachers. This episode will feed your soul! [...]
The Essential Work of the Arts
As a young educator, I was always tasked with the [...]
Musicast Episode 4: Kirsten C. Kunkle – Passionate Pioneering
Soprano Kirsten C. Kunkle has been hailed as an outstanding singing actress with a voice that has been described as beautiful, ethereal, powerful, fiery, and bewitching. he attended Bowling Green State University and the University of Salzburg for her undergraduate studies, majoring in voice performance with minors in Italian and German. Her graduate degrees are in voice performance from the University of Michigan. A voting member of the Muscogee Nation, Dr. Kunkle commissioned and premiered sixteen original compositions, including one of her own, based upon the poetry of her ancestor and highly-acclaimed poet of the Native American Muscogee Nation, Alex Posey. [...]
Research to Practice: Using Data for More than Just Grades
I used to think that research was complicated and couldn’t help me in my classroom. I used to see the Music Educators Journal arrive in my mailbox, flip through, sigh, think to myself – “If I only had time….,” and then add the issue to a growing pile on my dining room table. [...]
Musicast Episode 3: Lucky Chops – Streets & Stage: Funkifying Music Education
Lucky Chops has been unleashing high-energy brassy funk on the world since forming in NYC in 2006. The intensity of the band’s energy is fueled by their desire to share the healing and inspirational power of music with others. That power has resonated with audiences around the globe, giving the band hundreds of millions of views on their online videos and leading to live performances in more than twenty five countries. Lucky Chops maintains a busy schedule touring across several continents. [...]