We currently live in a crazy time for teachers. If you’re just starting out, your undergraduate methods classes and student teaching experience can’t begin to prepare you for all that is about to happen.
Student Motivation in the Music Classroom
I want to motivate my students, but how? In the music classroom, motivating students is so important because it encourages them to constantly seek to improve.
Teaching Music with Technology
Technology is a powerful tool in the music classroom. There are countless apps, programs, and resources available to educators that can use to enhance their teaching and explain complicated concepts with ease.
New Assignment Tools to Support Music Educators
Ask ten educators how they handle the MakeMusic Cloud assignment process and you will get ten (probably great!) ideas about how to create meaningful assignments for your own students!
Classroom Management Part 2: Large Ensemble Classrooms
The two words we hear in education more than anything else: Classroom Management. One of my former colleagues and close friends has a plaque in her office that says, “I teach music, what’s your superpower?” No group of words has ever been more true.
Classroom Management Part 1: General Music Classrooms
The two words we hear in education more than anything else: Classroom Management. One of my former colleagues and close friends has a plaque in her office that says, “I teach music, what’s your superpower?” No group of words has ever been more true.
MakeMusic Cloud March 2023 Repertoire Update
Last month, MakeMusic Cloud (SmartMusic) added 120 interactive titles to the music catalog. Discover new favorites among the continuous new repertoire updates included with your regular subscription.
5 Conducting Tips for Choir Rehearsals
Here are five tips to help improve your conducting during choir rehearsals.
1. Know What Sound You WantI believe it’s important to know the sound that you ultimately want your choir to achieve – and audiate it – before you give them a downbeat.
Build It. Sustain It.
As an elementary school orchestra and general music teacher, I have heard these two words countless times over the last ten years of my teaching career.
11 Common Characteristics of Highly Effective Directors
We can all agree that music directors who run highly effective programs may possess specific traits that contribute to their success.