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By Marci Major and Hannah Knauss
(146 pages PLUS over 100 pages of editable materials) This is an eBook for digital download.ÂDo you wonder how best to blend in-person and online learning? Are you looking for ways to keep your ensemble members connected and engaged for this upcoming year? Packed with projects to connect and engage you and your students more to each other, music, and the world, this book will empower students to be in a growth mindset in and beyond the rehearsal setting. Even though we focus on the choral setting, directors of all ensemble types will find valuable information in this 140 page book. By purchasing this book, you'll also receive over 100 pages in supplemental material including editable worksheets, assessments, and student examples! -
by Marissa Guarriello, Sarah Gulish, and Matt Shaffer
(103 pages) This is an eBook for digital download. Want to engage your students in creative music-making but don't know where to start? This practical eBook takes you step-by-step through improvising, creating, arranging, and performing with your students. Written from the perspective of three string orchestra educators, these tried and true methods will transform your music classroom into a music laboratory. This interactive eBook includes links to videos, student project examples, editable google docs, and other supportive resources. The authors address topics such as "creativity in remote teaching" and "creativity as social justice," as well as rehearsal and lesson plan ideas that could be completed either in-person or remotely. -
by Sarah Gulish and Victoria Boler
(12 Pages + over 25 pages of editable resources)
This is an eBook for digital download. The purpose of this book is to provide resources for music teachers looking to collect data to better advocate for their programs and reach students. This interactive PDF describes the various types of data, how they can be collected, and how they can be used to create a music program story to share with community members and administrators. Each purchase includes access to a google drive folder with dozens of resources and templates that can be copied and edited, including email templates, google questionnaire forms for students, parents, and colleagues, conversation starters with administrators, sample qualitative stories, sample quantitative stories, and more. -
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In Light of COVID-19 this resource is FREE to help remote teaching
This is a digital resource. This PDF slideshow contains everything you need to engage students in creative work through a senior serenades project. Students collaborate to create projects that honor graduating seniors in your music program. This resource includes planning and assessment tools along with project examples and additional resources that can be saved and edited via google drive. -
This is a digital resource. This resource is intended for choral music classes and can be used either in person or through virtual instruction. Students select tonal patterns from their assigned repertoire, compose a new pattern in Noteflight, and transfer that pattern to Soundtrap for extension activities. -
A Resource for You & Your Musicians
This is a digital resource.This downloadable PDF will show you how to implement a program notes project with your students. Highlights include steps to implement, additional ideas and uses, and student-created examples. Includes an editable rubric for assessment, a student handout, and student slides to display or post when rolling out the project. -
by Thomas Velsor
(36 pages) This is an eBook for digital download. The purpose of this method is to provide a beginner double bass text that does not require shifting positions. By avoiding the need to shift, the student can spend their first lessons focusing on musicianship skills, and correct hand positions. This text would also be a good fit for any student performing in a concert band, as well as students who are not beginners but are new to the half position. -
This is a digital resource.This google slideshow and downloadable PDF will show you how to create your own musicianship guide for your choral students to accompany repertoire. Highlighting the essential elements and musical ideas found in your repertoire not only helps students to learn the music faster, but also with more confidence. Included are YouTube tutorials, editable templates, and step-by-step instructions with examples. -
This is a digital resource. Looking to improve your students’ theoretical understanding of important tonal concepts? Want to find a way to reinforce concepts at home or on days when you need substitute plans? In this supplementary resource, Meghan Cabral, author of A New Band Approach, provides materials for flipped classroom video instructions on tonal concepts. She covers topics related to enharmonic equivalents, whole steps vs. half steps, key signatures, and the circle of fifths. This resource comes with video links and student worksheets for all of the concepts she introduces. -
This is a digital resource. Looking to improve your students’ rhythmic reading? Want to find a way to reinforce concepts at home or on days when you need substitute plans? In this supplementary resource, Meghan Cabral, author of A New Band Approach, provides materials for flipped classroom video instructions on rhythm. She covers concepts related to syncopation in common time, the introduction of 16th note rhythms, and compound time in 6/8. This resource comes with video links and student worksheets for all of the concepts she introduces. -
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by Sarah Gulish & Danielle Larrick
(20 pages) This is an eBook for digital download. Want to know how to achieve a more balanced life as a music teacher? While there is no perfect formula to make life balanced and easy, there are ways in which we can create space and focus to avoid burnout and thrive in our careers. Backed by research and told through the experience of two music educators, this book provides practical tips for music teacher self-care through managing emotions, creating sound spaces, making music fun, outsourcing, and blocking time.
