Sometimes it’s fun to look back over some of my old blog posts. I posted this one WAY back in 2015! I think it’s one of my better posts, so sharing it again. ————- Last Friday, I provided the program for our local Music Teachers’ Association. My title was “Unlocking Your Students’ Creative Potential: A […]
Two of the most creative people I know are offering a webinar soon! Bradley Sowash and Leila Viss have great ideas for helping your students succeed with rhythm. I know from my experience in Denver at the 88 Creative Keys Conference that Bradley and Leila are super at creating hands-on lessons for students. Their inventive
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My daughter and I often communicate by text message. Here’s a conversation we exchanged recently when I asked her to do some cleaning in the house while I was out: I may not have recognized “nvm,” but “T.M.I.” is a little more well-known. You probably know that it’s urban slang for “too much information.” This
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The 88 Creative Keys Educator’s conference only lasted 3 days, but my head is still there. Yesterday, I went to the grocery store. I just needed a couple of items, but I also came home with a beach ball, dry erase crayons, some cute little rubbery animals, and a magnetic fishing pole. This is what
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Quick – can you spell a Dm7(-5) chord? How about a C7sus4? If you can spell it, can you think really fast of 2 different activities to help your students learn to spell it? If you have students who want to try out for their school’s jazz band, they’ll need to know. And that means
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“We don’t look at printed music and think ‘what are the possibilities?’” Bradley Sowash and Leila Viss are on a mission to get students and their teachers to think about the possibilities. Teaching students to balance their eye and ear skills and to create their own music is the goal of everyone attending the 2015
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