Best Practices for Implementing New Tech Tools
About 10 or 11 years ago, I was trying out a lot of technology tools with my band students. These tools were not only fun and...
UPDATED! The First Week of Band - Setting the Stage for Success
24 years of teaching middle school band and I still get excited about beginning a new school year. Seeing eager new and returning...
Three Ways to Use Sight Reading Factory in Full Band Rehearsal
In this article, I’ll show you three ways SRF can be incorporated into your next band rehearsal. Short melodic exercises are automatically
25 Concert Reflection Questions -🎵 FREE DOWNLOAD
Given our profession, music teachers are reflective practitioners always finding ways to make a performance better. Helping our students...
15 Reflection Questions for Your End-of-the-Year Student Survey
(Updated) Being a music teacher, you know firsthand how crazy the end of the year is with performances, SLO's, classroom clean-up, and...
Do Parents Know the Value of Playing at a Music Festival? 🎵 FREE DOWNLOAD
By and large, we as music educators do a phenomenal job educating our students, but I believe it’s also important to dedicate some time...
PRACTICAL PD - Adding a Count-Off to a Noteflight Score
If you're making accompaniment tracks for your students to play-a-long with, here's an easy way to add a count-off to your tracks.
PRACTICAL PD - Create an Online Rehearsal Progress Report
Are you teaching music online? Are you struggling to get your students to keep their cameras on? Would you like to be able to communicate...
COVID-19 Resources for Music Programs
I've started curating resources related to the music education profession and the COVID-19 pandemic. Our professional organizations have...
Music Choice Boards for Remote Learning
When my school district first started with remote learning, I created assignments that focused on fundamental music skills like key...