Choir/Vocal
TITLE: Installment 1 – Four Ways to Keep Music Students Engaged at Home
SOURCE: Nottelmann Music
FORMAT: ARTICLE VIDEO
DATE: March 17, 2020
We find ourselves in a new time, a new place. With students disconnected from their school music programs, it’s time to find creative ways to get them reconnected. For your consideration, Nottelmann Music offers four excellent ways here in Installment 1. #1 – Free Online French Horn Lessons Nicholas Kenney from Southeast Missouri State University says – “I’d like to […]
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TITLE: Fact or Myth: Does Thinking “Don’t Miss” Really Make Us More Likely to Mess Up?
SOURCE: Curated
FORMAT:
DATE: March 3, 2020
Curated from BULLETPROOFMUSICIAN – By Noa Kageyama, Ph.D. – It was March 15, 2017, and the San Antonio Spurs were trying to pull out a close win over the Portland Trailblazers. With 2.5 seconds left in the game, a Portland foul put Manu Ginobli at the free throw line. Trailing 105-108, the plan was to make the first free throw, […]
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TITLE: Keyboard Basics in Band Class (or ANY Ensemble Class)
SOURCE: Ray Benton
FORMAT: Article
DATE: March 2, 2020
Here’s a quick, easy tip to implement – curated from Band Directors Talk Shop – Unlike piano, wind instruments (or strings) do not provide a visual representation of music. By teaching students the basics of the keyboard, they can picture theory concepts in their heads. Showing them how a keyboard works specifically helps them with understanding: Interval Sharps Flats Enharmonic […]
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TITLE: Google Forms Tips for Teachers
SOURCE: Curated
FORMAT:
DATE: March 2, 2020
Curated from Educatorstechnology – Here is a handy visual we published awhile ago featuring some important tips to help you make the best of the new Google Forms in your instructions. You will get to learn how to create a survey, poll or a qui; how to create a form from a spreadsheet in Google Sheets; how to add a […]
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TITLE: Music Ed Mentor Podcast #67: Copyright
SOURCE: Curated
FORMAT: Podcast
DATE: March 2, 2020
Curated from Smartmusic’s Music Educator Blog – by Elisa Janson Jones – This episode is all about copyright. As we all know, you can do anything you want with music you create, but in this episode we’ll give you some very much needed clarity about what you can and cannot do with music you didn’t create. Copyright has been such […]
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TITLE: THE WHY OF IT ALL – Nottelmann Blog Post #200!
SOURCE: Curated
FORMAT: Article
DATE: February 18, 2020
Curated from BandWorld – by Dr. Tim Lautzenhauser – Our 200th Post! Short but sweet, Dr. Tim weighs in with this reminder of why we do what we do. Have you ever stopped to think WHY we do what we do? WHY do we dedicate our time, our intellectual energies, our creative talents…ultimately OUR LIVES to the world of band directing? What […]
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