Leadership
TITLE: Life Long Benefits of Music Education
SOURCE: Curated
FORMAT: ARTICLE VIDEO
DATE: January 10, 2019
Curated from Collegemagazine.com, by Hillary Droke. Sponsored by the NAMM Foundation – Music education feels more important than ever before. Learning an instrument goes beyond plucking notes and the routine of practicing. Music education improves language abilities and increases emotional resilience, empathy, self-confidence, attention span and focus, according to the Royal Music Foundation. Music allows a sense of release and escape that […]
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TITLE: Trusting the Ensemble
SOURCE: Curated
FORMAT: Video
DATE: November 27, 2018
Curated from TED.com – Technology, Entertainment, and Design – Conductor Charles Hazlewood talks about the role of trust in musical leadership — then shows how it works, as he conducts the Scottish Ensemble onstage. He also shares clips from two musical projects: the opera “U-Carmen eKhayelitsha” and the ParaOrchestra. TED is a nonprofit devoted to spreading ideas, usually in the […]
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TITLE: Video: What Adjudicators Wish They Could Tell You
SOURCE: Curated
FORMAT: Video
DATE: November 24, 2018
Curated from the Smartmusic Music Educators Blog – St. Louis’ own Laura Vaughan, Presenter – Ever wonder what adjudicators think but aren’t able to tell you? Wonder no more. In this archived webinar, experienced contest and festival judge Laura Vaughn expands on topics covered in her popular blog post. She talks with Giovanna Cruz about some of the unspoken thoughts that […]
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TITLE: TEACH ALL DAY? TIPS TO MAINTAIN VOCAL HEALTH
SOURCE: Curated
FORMAT: Article
DATE: November 9, 2018
Curated from ChoralNet.org – Lynn Swanson – Teach all morning, no voice left by afternoon. Sound familiar? Here are some common sense tips so your voice can go the distance! TIPS FOR TEACHERS Teachers are at special risk for developing hoarseness simply be cause the job requires heavy voice use five plus days a week, with little time in between […]
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TITLE: Top 10 Qualities of an Effective Band or Orchestra Conductor
SOURCE: Curated
FORMAT: Article
DATE: November 9, 2018
Curated from SBO Magazine – by Harvey Rachlin – We all have had teachers we remember because they had an impact on us in some wonderful way in school. Perhaps it was a music teacher or conductor who nourished our love of music and was partly responsible for our pursuing a career in music. What teacher today (or at any time) […]
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TITLE: Col. Lowell Graham – Tips for Directors on How to Communicate
SOURCE: Curated
FORMAT: Video
DATE: November 8, 2018
Curated from the Conn-Selmer Corp. – This is a short video video that’s long on great advice and wisdom for music educators. Col. Lowell Graham speaks about the importance of efficiently and effectively communicating with your ensemble.
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