Apparently while I’ve been out of town, the download company I use reached the maximum level of downloads allowed under my account, so several people who tried to purchase items and download them were unsuccessful. Sorry about that! I’ve upgraded my account now so that it should work properly. Head on over to the Music […]
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Go For The Gold!
The practice incentive I developed for last year – Go For The Gold! – is now compiled and available for purchase. In the spirit of the Olympics, I developed a practice incentive with an Olympic theme. One new thing I tried was assigning each student to a team and then basing the winners on the […]
Music Matters Blog Launches Merchandise Shop!
It is with great excitement that I announce the official launch of the Music Matters Blog Shop! As many of you know, in addition to teaching music I love to do design work. So I thought I’d have some fun creating music-themed designs and selling a line of merchandise. So far I’ve only got one […]
Free Recital Program Template
Click here to download a free template that you can use when designing your own recital program. This template was created using tables in Microsoft Word. I made everything generic for this template, but usually use two contrasting fonts for the title of the pieces and the students’ names. You can adjust the spacing allowed […]
Music Manuscript Book
This past Christmas I gave each of my students a personalized manuscript book. They loved the design and some of them starting filling them up with original compositions the very next week! Since, for the most part, I’ve opted not to use theory books I can also utilize these for written assignments I give my […]
Let’s Have A Ball! Practice Incentive
Now that my regular teaching year is over I can say without a doubt that this year’s theme was by far the favorite among my students! In determining a theme for each year I always contemplate whether there is any area in particular in which I think all my students need to improve. As I […]
