James has had to work really hard to develop his rhythm skills. He especially loved this piece, so he was motivated to count consistently through the whole thing to make it sound right. Here is a link to the printed music for the Bitterroot Mountains piece that James is playing: Stories in Sound – Book […]
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Composition Idea
About a month ago, our music teachers association had a workshop on teaching composition to students. Wendy Stevens was our presenter, and gave us lots of practical tips. Plus, as part of the workshop she played portions of her newly published Christmas book, All is Calm! (BTW, if you haven’t seen Wendy’s website, you must […]
This Week in Photos
Okay, I admit this is actually last week in photos, but at this point I’m just proud of myself for actually getting these posted… 🙂 On Monday morning, shortly before my first lesson of the day, I decided to try a new game for the week – Chord Spelling Bee Challenge. I grabbed several plain […]
Check Out My Wordle!
Create your own at wordle.net! HT: sfrack’s weblog
And the winner is…
Can you tell I’m a bit behind with things this month? I didn’t get my “This Week in Photos” post up last week, and it’s taken me several days just to post the winner of the last Mystery Challenge. Is everyone else equally busy getting ready for Christmas recitals and such? My studio Christmas recital […]
A (Partial) Timeline of Music Education Blogging
Just in case you have hours and hours of time on your hands and want something to do, check out this amazing compilation of music education blogs arranged chronologically. I think it will take me all of next year to get through these, but I’m sure there are some undiscovered treasures in the mix! 🙂
