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Chunking Music for Practice

How can we chunk our music into smaller parts for practicing? When encountering a new selection of music, it can sometimes feel overwhelming to figure out how to learn and practice it. One way to make the learning and practicing process more manageable and productive, is to chunk it. Chunking music is when you divide the music into smaller parts to practice independently of one another. Interested in exploring how to chunk music for your own practice? Read on and… Read More »Chunking Music for Practice

How would you practice the Weber Clarinet Concerto #1?

How can we approach practicing music we intend to perform? People approach practicing in many different ways. Imagine starting the process of learning music that is new to you or that you haven’t performed in a while. What approaches or strategies would you use to practice music that is new to you? Take a look at the following invitations and participate with us! Participate Look through the free sheet music (staff notation) of the Weber Clarinet Concerto #1. (Feel free… Read More »How would you practice the Weber Clarinet Concerto #1?

Setting Up Obsidian for Academic Work

For a little over a year, I’ve been using the free application Obsidian, which I’ve found to be transformative in my thinking and academic work. I keep encouraging people to give it a try as a platform for making notes, keeping track of information, making connection across ideas, synthesizing literature, engaging in research, and numerous other aspects of academic work. I’ll eventually make a post and page dedicated to Obsidian. For now, here’s a video I made recently that details… Read More »Setting Up Obsidian for Academic Work

Is "what works" holding back your music program?

Design More Flexible Music Curriculum by Questioning “What works” !

Wondering how you can design more flexible music curriculum to keep up to date with a rapidly changing society? Watch the video below and follow six specific steps for becoming more aware of and questioning “what works” or the taken-for-granted conventions in our classes, ensembles, and programs to support you in updating and expanding your program. For those curious, I draw upon on some curricular concepts along with some ideas from Chee Hoo Lum’s chapter Shifting landscapes in the 21st… Read More »Design More Flexible Music Curriculum by Questioning “What works” !

Planning for music classes & ensembles & never feel behind.

Have you ever felt behind in your plans? We dedicate a lot of our time as music educators to planning. How we plan our music classes and ensembles and what a lesson plan from our program looks like says a lot about how we think about curriculum and pedagogy. I’ve never really thought in terms of creating a “lesson plan” even when I was required to write my “lesson plans” out in a green-covered paper planning notebook to be turned… Read More »Planning for music classes & ensembles & never feel behind.