Admin handed you an elective full of kids who landed there because they needed somewhere to be, not because they asked for it.
Level Up Your Sight-Singing: Introducing Sing at First Sight Templates
Sight-singing is one of the most important skills for any singer to develop, and often one of the most intimidating.
5 Ways to Re-Engage Students Who Stopped Practicing
They’re not a bad kid. They’re just unconvinced.
The instrument goes in the case in October and doesn’t come back out unless you’re standing right there.
Easy Challenges for Advanced Students (No Extra Lesson Plan Required)
You know this student. First chair, self-taught half the time, finished the assignment before you were done explaining it. Maybe a perfectionist about it too: never satisfied, hard on themselves over every missed note.
5 MakeMusic Cloud Features Teachers Say Saved Their Year: Straight From The Survey
There’s a reason music educators are a breed set apart. The before-school sectionals, the late-night concert prep, the sheer love of the craft that keeps you coming back every school year.
How to Win Over Your Least Motivated Music Students
You know this student, too. They’re not a bad kid; they’re just unconvinced. The instrument goes in the case in October and doesn’t come back out unless you’re standing right there.
Why Students Still Aren’t Practicing (and What the Research Says Actually Works)
You already know the feeling. You plan an incredible rehearsal, you give clear assignments, you send students home with everything they need, and then Monday rolls around and it’s like the music evaporated over the weekend.
Surviving Marching Season: Classroom Systems for Directors
From late August to mid-November, a band director works two full-time jobs. There’s the field job: rehearsals after school, Friday nights in the stadium, Saturdays at district competitions or a Regional.
How to Challenge Your Most Advanced Music Students
You know the student. They show up already knowing the piece you recently assigned, or they’re sight-reading the next page while everyone else is still working through measure four.
Introducing Multiple Choice Assessment
We are thrilled to open a brand-new chapter in comprehensive music learning by introducing our first-ever written assessment type: Multiple Choice Assessment.