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TITLE: Directing Band Podcast Episode 11: What every middle school band student should know
SOURCE: Curated
FORMAT: Podcast
DATE: February 15, 2022
Curated from Directing Band – Here’s what one Georgia band director expects of his incoming middle school students. The state standards may differ from yours, but the concepts can apply. Episode 11 is an episode based on a listener request. In this episode, Josh describes what he ideally wants every student to know when they enter the high school…
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TITLE: 5 Time Burglars to Avoid
SOURCE: Curated
FORMAT: Article
DATE: December 22, 2021
Curated from the YAMAHA Educator Suite -by Don Stinson – Time is a precious commodity. As music teachers, we not only have to protect classroom time, but we have to carve out a few minutes (or hours!) here and there to take care of our must-do, non-negotiable tasks. In order to be as productive as possible, you must be mindful…
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TITLE: 5 Major Assets of Teaching Instrumental Music
SOURCE: Curated
FORMAT: Article
DATE: December 17, 2021
Curated from the Yamaha Educator Suite – by Steve Graves – When we jump into the school year, we’re often forced to just start planning curriculum and deal with the course of events that gets in the way. We don’t have time to take a good look at what we need or already have to work with. But it’s essential…
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TITLE: If We Want to Maximize Learning, is It Better to Focus on Our Failures or Our Successes?
SOURCE: Ray Benton
FORMAT: Article Podcast
DATE: November 15, 2021
Curated from the Bulletproof Musician – by Noa Kageyama, Ph.D. Is it better to focus on our failures or our successes? Whether it’s an audition, a math final, or your herculean efforts to prepare a non-dried-out Thanksgiving turkey for once, it’s never fun to fail, make mistakes, or fall short of your goals. Which probably explains why there are so many…
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TITLE: 5 Tools to Get Your Motivation Mojo Back
SOURCE: Curated
FORMAT: Article
DATE: November 10, 2021
Curated from the Yamaha Educator Suite – by Kathryn Drury Wagner – Music educators, here are 5 tools to get your motivation mojo back. Experts tell us there are strategies to get your motor running again, to feel more energized, and yes, motivated. Ah, if only motivation came in a bottle, and you could crack open the cap and chug…
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TITLE: Thoughts from a legendary band director – Everything Band Podcast with Alfred Watkins
SOURCE: Curated
FORMAT: Podcast
DATE: November 9, 2021
What better way to improve than to dive into the thoughts of a legendary band director. Alfred Watkins was the longtime band director at Lassiter High School in Georgia and one of the finest band directors of his generation. He joins the show to talk about his career and share the wisdom from his 37 years as an instrumental music…
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