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 […]
Teaching
Theory Strips – An Ingenious Idea!
At the MTNA Conference I had the privilege of meeting Bonnie Slaughter, the creator of this ingenious approach to theory. I like to think of it as the text messaging approach to music theory. 🙂 Theory Strips are a 10-level program that organize music theory concepts into strips that can easily be completed one day […]
Welcome to Southern California!
I arrived in Southern California at 9:30 this morning and caught the shuttle to San Clemente to spend the day with some friends before heading to the opening session of the 2013 MTNA Conference tonight. This is such a beautiful area!
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!
Why So Quiet?
You may have noticed that the posts have been quite a bit more sporadic than usual this year. It’s just been a little harder for me to keep up with everything, and one of the reasons is because of the new book I co-authored and released at the end of November: Born to Deliver. Kathy […]
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.
