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TITLE: Studio Recording 101 For the Musician – Concepts To Help Ensure Your Musical Success
SOURCE: Nottelmann Music
FORMAT: Article
DATE: July 19, 2022
Reprinted by permission from Mike Parkinson, KHS America Education Artist, XO Professional Brass Artist, and Nottelmann Music Clinician Countless musicians have dreams of making an outstanding professional recording or becoming studio musicians. Unfortunately many musicians, including me, have often gone into the recording studio with a lack of knowledge, experience or understanding of how to prepare or deal with the…
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TITLE: Your Teacher Identity
SOURCE: Curated
FORMAT: Article
DATE: July 6, 2022
Curated from The Yamaha Educator Suite – by Don Stinson – I had an identity crisis during my first few years of teaching. I had to wade through the stressors of a new job, getting an ensemble ready for a performance within days of school starting, and trying to balance a personal life. I had an idea of who I…
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TITLE: Give Your Ensemble a Daily Diet of Fundamentals
SOURCE: Curated
FORMAT: Article
DATE: July 1, 2022
Curated from The YAMAHA Educator Suite – by Jarrett Lipman – A musician’s daily diet or daily drill provides all the necessary basics for performing on an instrument successfully. While it’s not a perfect formula, at Claudia Taylor Johnson High School, we stick to our daily drill in the same way that we brush our teeth or get dressed for school…
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TITLE: Case Study: Grassroots Funding Through Social Media and Contests
SOURCE: Curated
FORMAT: Article
DATE: May 13, 2022
Curated from The Yamaha Educator Suite – by Christine Ngeo Katzman – When Heather Taylor became the band director at Lakeshore Elementary School in Rochester, New York, in 2018, she had an $80 annual budget. “That’s literally less than $1 a kid,” says Taylor who teaches about 140 students in 4th and 5th grades out of 420 students overall in grades 3…
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TITLE: Your Four-Tool Recruitment Bundle
SOURCE: Ray Benton
FORMAT: ARTICLE VIDEO
DATE: March 10, 2022
Time to recruit that new crop of beginners? Depending on your school’s time setup, it could be now, it could be in a few weeks, it could be in a few months. No matter when that is, NOW is the time to make plans. These FOUR posts found at the Nottelmann Blog, linked below, can greatly improve your chances of…
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TITLE: Build a Culture of Excellence
SOURCE: Ray Benton
FORMAT: Article
DATE: March 3, 2022
Curated from the YAMAHA Educator Suite – by Jarrett Lipman – MUSIC EDUCATORS MUST CREATE AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE STUDENTS MOVE FROM THINKING THEY COULD BE GREAT TO KNOWING THEY COULD. Students who believe in their ability to perform at a high level are more likely to achieve remarkable things. When students see results as a performer, they develop trust in their instructors….
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