Musicast Episode 4: Kirsten C. Kunkle – Passionate Pioneering

By |2020-10-21T04:27:29-05:00October 21st, 2020|musicast podcast|

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

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. [...]

Music Service Learning Update: Week 5

By |2020-06-08T00:15:05-05:00June 10th, 2020|Music Service Learning|

Creating an Online Resource Database - written by Julia McBride Since mid-March, Julia has been fortunate enough to work as an MSL Helper. It has been an amazing source of volunteering opportunities and connection building in the midst of online learning. Before COVID-19, Julia was in the midst [...]

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 [...]

Teaching Trans Singers: Rethinking the Basics

By |2019-12-05T14:35:43-05:00December 5th, 2019|Choir, Inspiration, Middle school, Teaching, Teaching Philosophy|

Theresa Thomasulo In recent years, it has become increasingly common for choral teachers to have transitioning and gender-fluid singers in their choirs.  A quick online search will reveal some excellent literature centered on vocal pedagogy and transitioning voices. However, we should also consider the statistics [...]

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