The idea of teaching improvisation in the music classroom intimidates many music educators, and for good reason.
When Classroom Management Goes to the Dogs
Nobody lands in a career teaching music on accident. At least nobody I know. You don’t sign on to wrangle a squawking flock of beginner clarinetists without a deeply held desire to help them learn and grow.
Music Performance Tips from a Dog: Stage Fright
If you’ve ever taught middle school students, you know what a truly unique challenge they can be. Opinionated, smelly, a little wild in the eyes .
Music Practice Tips from a Dog
Sometimes it takes looking at something in a different way to truly understand it. More than a decade of private tuba lessons, symphony concerts, brass quintet rehearsals, and a music degree taught me a lot about music.