Sigur Ros, Burnout, & the Joys of Making a Good Playlist

By |2021-11-30T20:15:29-05:00November 29th, 2021|General Music, Inspiration, Middle school, Music Service Learning, New Teachers, Stories, Teaching, Teaching Philosophy|

I have roughly 200 playlists in my Apple Music library. Not the algorithmic ones that our benevolent tech overlords provide for us - my very own creations. 200 of them. Perhaps that’s more than any sane human should have.  Most of them are for me. Some are [...]

Growing Young Professionals: Contracts

By |2021-01-06T21:13:47-05:00January 6th, 2021|growing young professionals, Higher Education, Interviews, Music Service Learning, Musicians, New Teachers|

For this installment of Growing Young Professionals, we will discuss contracts with none other than Dr. Jenny Neff, Associate Professor of Music Education and Director of the MM in Music Education & Summer Music Studies Program at the University of the Arts. So, what are contracts? Most people [...]

Growing Young Professionals: Human Resources

By |2020-11-22T21:04:08-05:00November 22nd, 2020|growing young professionals, Higher Education, Musicians, New Teachers, Series, Students|

In this installment of Growing Young Professionals, we will be talking about Human Resource Management! So, what is HRM? Most young professionals have heard of a Human Resources (HR) department, but not many have interacted with one. Most large scale organizations (school districts, businesses) have an HR department [...]

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