Musicast Episode 6: A Nod to Marching Bands, Part 2 with Aaron Dugger- Balancing Process and Product

By |2020-11-04T05:35:42-05:00November 3rd, 2020|musicast podcast|

High school band director Aaron Dugger returns to the podcast to discuss process and product in secondary marching bands. in the Texas UIL system, it can feel like your teaching to a test but Aaron offers productive insight as to how to take the system and make it work for students and programs of all kinds. [...]

Musicast Episode 5: Young Band Directors Panel- Finding and Remembering Your “Why”

By |2020-10-30T08:52:25-05:00October 25th, 2020|musicast podcast|

\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! [...]

Research to Practice: Using Data for More than Just Grades

By |2020-10-20T08:29:11-05:00October 20th, 2020|Band, Choir, General Music, Orchestra, Research to Practice, Teaching|

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. [...]

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 [...]

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