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…
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,…
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…
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…
In the following video I describe some of the following themes, ideas, and issues that we are addressing during a Music Learning and Teaching course at Arizona State University for designing and facilitating secondary music programs: What we should know…