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You found The Nottelmann Blog, exclusively for music educators! Our blog library now stands at 297 postings!
With the challenges of teaching during the COVID 19 restrictions, you’ll find several posts to help you through this challenging time.
Since you’re ALWAYS LEARNING, we’re ALWAYS ADDING MORE!
NOTE: our posts do not necessarily appear in chronological order, as some are ordered according to the season.
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TITLE: Dear Future Band Directors…
SOURCE: Curated
FORMAT: Video
DATE: December 12, 2020
Curated from Rocky Point Productions – What does an experienced band director wish he had known going into his first year? Here’s the account from one person, things to consider for the brand new or future band director. My name is Rocky Ankeny and I am the Assistant Director of Bands at Panther Creek High School. I marched Cadets in […]
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TITLE: Denis DiBlasio: Jazz Saxophonist, Music Educator and Storyteller
SOURCE: Curated
FORMAT:
DATE: December 11, 2020
Curated from Yamaha Educator Suite – Denis DiBlasio is a natural improviser. He was about 10 years old when his music teacher wrote down a blues scale in F. “He said, ‘Just make up stuff and use these notes,’” DiBlasio says. “I must have played that thing for two years. I just beat that thing to death.” After spending so […]
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TITLE: The Bandmaster Podcast Episode 35: Bobby Lambert, Wando High School, Mt. Pleasant, SC
SOURCE: Curated
FORMAT: Podcast
DATE: December 11, 2020
Curated from Bandmasters Podcast – Bobby is Director of Bands at Wando High School in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina. Originally from Cherokee, North Carolina, Mr. Lambert attended Western Carolina University to obtain his Bachelors Degree in music education and then the University of Massachusetts to receive a graduate assistantship and a Masters of Music Degree in saxophone performance. From 2001 […]
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TITLE: Giving a Trumpet a Bath
SOURCE: Curated
FORMAT: Video
DATE: December 10, 2020
Curated from Band Directors Share – Lots of ways to do this – here’s one.
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TITLE: HOW TO STERILIZE STRING INSTRUMENTS FOR COVID-19
SOURCE: Curated
FORMAT: Article
DATE: December 10, 2020
Curated from KHS America – by Rock Clouser – Please note, this article contains information for consideration to reduce the risks of spreading COVID-19 on string instruments. We cannot guarantee these suggestions are 100% preventative. For string instruments, it is really difficult to give a one size fits all cleaning answer because string instruments have so many surface types […]
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TITLE: The Benefits of Sight-Reading: The What, Why, and How
SOURCE: Curated
FORMAT: Article
DATE: December 10, 2020
Curated from the Smartmusic Music Educator Blog – What is Sight-Reading? Being able to look at a brand new piece of music and play it at sight is a pretty amazing skill to have. Just think—what we’re trained as musicians to do is to simultaneously scan and identify various symbols and visual cues, register and process each one (both individually […]
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TITLE: PreSonus Revelator: More Than a USB Microphone
SOURCE: Nottelmann Music
FORMAT: ARTICLE VIDEO
DATE: November 30, 2020
Simple. Great-sounding. All-in-one mic/effects. Connects with one USB cable. For online applications. For music projects. This is IT! Great sound made easy. More than a microphone, Revelator features voice effects to polish your sound—or completely transform it! Professionally-crafted presets make your voice stand out at the press of a button, thanks to the same award-winning sonic enhancement our StudioLive digital mixers […]
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TITLE: Performance Preparation Plan
SOURCE: Curated
FORMAT: Article
DATE: November 25, 2020
Curated from Band Directors Talk Shop – by Jeremy Lewis – Have you ever struggled to prepare repertoire by the performance deadline? Over the course of years preparing various performances, be it orchestral, chamber, or solo work, I have put together a structured plan which has yet to fail me. This plan has four distinct phases with specific objectives: Introduction […]
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TITLE: “Developing Musicians or Directing the Band?” 6 Survival Tactics for the Middle School Band Director
SOURCE: Curated
FORMAT: Article
DATE: November 24, 2020
Curated from Bandworld – by Benjamin Davis – “Traps” in the Daily Life of a Middle School Band Director You may be familiar with the adage, “He couldn’t see the forest for the trees.” If we were to reverse the wording of that expression, we have an accurate description of what happens to many middle school band directors. Middle school […]
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