You spend your days in the room with your students modeling tone, correcting posture, building ensemble skills, and doing the hundred other things that make you a great director.
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 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.
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.
Mini-Lessons to Get More Out of Your Sound Innovations Method Books
Most teachers have a handful of go-to exercises they rely on every day. Still, it can be helpful to have a new idea for getting a little more out of the lines you already teach.
Positive Psychology for Music Educators: Nurturing Meaningful Connections
Recently, I attended my 50th high school reunion, accompanied by my long-time friend and fellow high school flutist, whom I met on the very first day of band camp.
Power Your School Year with SmartMusic
SmartMusic is your partner in and out of the classroom with our standard included features of Assignment Creation, Gradebook, Sight Reading Builder, and Compose Tool.