Jerald Simon, of Music Motivation, has put together an inspiration video dedicated to athletes everywhere. I assume this also includes musicians, who have been dubbed “elite athletes of the small muscles.” 🙂 This would be a great film to show students to give them an idea of one of the many ways that music can […]
Inspirational
When Teaching Beats Doing Laundry
I really appreciate this quote that I came across this morning by Carol Barnier, one of the featured speakers at our local homeschool convention: “It’s always been important to me to give people something they can take home and use right away. Whether it’s teaching fractions to a distractible student or reconnecting with the heart […]
Friday Film Find
With Easter this past Sunday, the song “The Holy City” came to mind so I looked it up on YouTube and found this gem: What an impressive example of embracing any environment or equipment to present a beautiful musical experience! (I probably would have complained to no end about having to play such a piece […]
Are You a Diametrically Opposed Teacher?
A couple nights ago I presented my workshop, Creativity on the Cutting Edge, to a music teachers association. In so doing, I was reminded of this wonderful statement about the teaching method of Theodor Leschetizky in an article about him in the September/October 2012 issue of American Music Teacher: “The great quality of Leschetizky was […]
Fun Friday Film
I’ve seen this video a couple times, but was reminded of it again this week. What Bobby McFerrin does to demonstrate “the Power of the Pentatonic Scale” is really cool!
Fun Friday Film
You might need a Kleenex for this one! Watching people like the guy in this video clip play the piano always makes me stop and remember the real value and beauty of music as an expression of praise to God. New Film Premiere – I Like Adoption. from ILikeGiving.com on Vimeo.
