How to practice during a pandemic: Just keep swimming

By |2020-03-27T18:05:06-05:00March 27th, 2020|Band, Choir, Higher Education, Inspiration, Instumental, Musicians, Students, Teaching Philosophy, Virtual education|

The current pandemic has thrust the global population into a period of uncertainty unrivaled in recent history. Music students at universities around the world are being forced to abandon the structure that has helped to frame their success and are now required to adapt their habits to fit [...]

#musicservicelearning

By |2020-03-29T16:31:48-05:00March 14th, 2020|Higher Education, Inspiration, Music Service Learning, Students, Teaching, Teaching Philosophy, Virtual education|

As I watch the education world move to an all online learning, I’m struck positively by several things. First, I love how people are embracing this opportunity to explore new learning platforms! I find it amazing that so many companies have made materials free for teachers during this [...]

Teaching Music Online: Strategies and Resources

By |2020-09-10T04:16:54-05:00March 14th, 2020|Band, Choir, General Music, Inspiration, Middle school, Music Service Learning, Orchestra, Teaching, Teaching Philosophy, Virtual education|

(Note: this post will continue to be updated with resources as they come in) As I write this post, I am looking at a dozens of text messages from other teachers in my school district. We just received news that we would be closed for at least [...]

Viral teaching: How the coronavirus has changed my work

By |2020-02-18T14:16:30-05:00February 18th, 2020|Choir, General Music, Inspiration, Middle school, Stories, Teaching, Teaching Philosophy, Virtual education|

The start of corona It would be extremely difficult to turn on the TV, radio, or even YouTube without seeing some form of announcement or article about the novel coronavirus -- not so lovingly called “corona” for short by some of us who have found ourselves closest to [...]

You teach what?!: Music education in virtual schools

By |2020-01-14T15:01:19-05:00January 14th, 2020|Band, Choir, General Music, Inspiration, Middle school, Musicians, Stories, Teaching, Teaching Philosophy, Virtual education|

Virtual Education When I tell people I teach music at a virtual school, they often have a hard time wrapping their heads around how it all works. My school has no physical school building. All of the teachers, students, and staff go to school via computer. Yes, I [...]

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