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TITLE: How Using Social Media Apps Before Practicing Could Sabatage Practice Quality (and Performance) Over Time
SOURCE: Curated
FORMAT: Podcast and Article
DATE: October 3, 2020
Curated from the Bulletproof Musician – I attend a martial arts class where the rule is that phones must stay in the locker room, and never be out near the mats. The rationale being, they’re a distraction. And if you’re distracted, not only does your training suffer, but you can get hurt. The idea is to come to class a…
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TITLE: Expanding the Flute’s Dynamic Range
SOURCE: Curated
FORMAT: Article
DATE: October 1, 2020
Curated from Band Directors Talk Shop – by Erin Kendall Murphy – Does your flute section play at a mezzo forte dynamic most of the time? Are you constantly asking them to play out more or play much less for balance in your ensemble? Are your flutists only able to play loud in the high register and soft in the low register?…
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TITLE: Communication and Collaboration: What You’re Doing Wrong and How to Make it Right
SOURCE: Curated
FORMAT: Podcast
DATE: September 25, 2020
Curated from Smartmusic’s The Music Educator Blog – by Elisa Janson Jones – Now more than ever, it’s important for us to practice collaboration and to creatively communicate in ways that are meaningful for others—especially our students. Sometimes we forget how essential these soft skills are for us to learn. Skills like confidently reaching out when we need help, and…
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TITLE: 5 Tips for Getting Started with Technology Integration in Music
SOURCE: Curated
FORMAT: Article
DATE: September 24, 2020
Curated from Midnight Music – by Katherine Miller and Alison Capelle There is a difference between seeing the possibilities of integrating technology into your classroom and actually doing it! Many innovators and early adopters of technology integration can make the task seem daunting. We were early technology adopters, however we would not consider ourselves technology experts! The reason we have…
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TITLE: How to Make Virtual College Fairs Work for You
SOURCE: Curated
FORMAT: Article
DATE: September 23, 2020
Curated from MajoringInMusic.com – As a music student, how can you make virtual college fairs work for you? Many schools attend these fairs. Which ones make the most sense to visit? What can you do to make the most out of the experience? Attend whether or not you’re sure you want to major in music College fairs can be worthwhile…
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TITLE: Clarinet 101: Getting Beginning Clarinetists Started the Right Way
SOURCE: Curated
FORMAT: Article
DATE: September 22, 2020
Curated from Band Directors Talk Shop – by Dr. Christine Damm – Get your beginning clarinet players in tip-top shape and have fun doing it! Beginning clarinet instruction doesn’t need to be frustrating. Great clarinet tone and technique are the result of good habits. Start these good habits early on with a focus on the foundations of clarinet playing: embouchure,…
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TITLE: Understanding and Developing Range for the Young Horn Player
SOURCE: Curated
FORMAT: Article
DATE: September 21, 2020
Curated from Band Directors Talk Shop – by Jonas Thoms – Beginning band books for generations have implied that the horn is a difficult instrument to incorporate into an ensemble. They may not have explicitly made a statement to that effect but most of these resources have more pages for horn than the other instruments because there are “for horns…
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TITLE: Teaching Remotely The Second Time Around With Aileen Miracle
SOURCE: Curated
FORMAT: Podcast
DATE: September 12, 2020
Curated from Midnight Music – This episode of the Music Tech Teacher Podcast features Aileen Miracle of Mrs. Miracle’s Music Room. Aileen talks about teaching elementary music remotely – what worked and what didn’t work the first time around and what her plans are for the 2020-2021 school year. She also shares some of her favourite tech tools and tips….
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TITLE: Complete Guide to Zoom Audio Settings for Music Teachers
SOURCE: Curated
FORMAT: Article
DATE: September 10, 2020
Curated from Midnight Music – by Katie Wardrobe – Even the music teachers most experienced with Zoom will learn something new in Katie’s complete article on Zoom for music educators. And we DO mean COMPLETE! – Intro – When using Zoom to run music classes, there are a few settings you can adjust to enhance the experience for you and…
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TITLE: Minna Chung: On the Mysteries of Intonation and a Few Things We Can Do to Play More in Tune
SOURCE: Curated
FORMAT: Podcast
DATE: September 9, 2020
Curated from The Bulletproof Musician – Like most Suzuki youngsters, I went through a phase where I had little stripes of tape placed on my fingerboard to guide where my fingers ought to go. Which I’m guessing was my first lesson on intonation, and the idea that there’s a precise place on the fingerboard, where if you put your finger…
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TITLE: Five Tips for New Band Parents: Helping Your Child Practice
SOURCE: Curated
FORMAT: Article
DATE: September 8, 2020
Curated from D’Addario – By Andrea Harrell – Parents of beginning band students often ask me how they can help their kids with practicing their new instrument. While many parents don’t hesitate to step in and help their kids with subjects like math or English, I have spoken to many parents who feel uncomfortable stepping in to help their kids…
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TITLE: Music Ed Mentor Podcast #79: Upbeat Mindset in Downbeat Times
SOURCE: Curated
FORMAT: Podcast
DATE: September 3, 2020
Curated from Smartmusic’s the music educator blog – by Elisa Janson Jones – Six months ago, when the school shut down first started, I reached out to my friend Dr. Matthew Arau to join me for a series of webinars we called “Living in Tune.” Our goal for these webinars was to give people a single time—once per week—to get…
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TITLE: FREE! Online Video Series for Your Woodwinds and Brass!
SOURCE: Ray Benton
FORMAT: Videos
DATE: September 2, 2020
Calling all band directors! For those of you starting the year online and wondering how to help your beginning band students get started or how to get your older students to brush up on their fundamentals, we have resources for you. We have created a series of beginning instrumentalist videos for clarinet, euphonium, flute, horn, saxophone, trombone, trumpet, and tuba….
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TITLE: Guidance for Choral Instruction This Fall
SOURCE: Curated
FORMAT: Video
DATE: September 2, 2020
Curated from NAfME – The NAfME Council for Choral Education Is Here to Help Coinciding with the release of the updated Fall Guidance for Music Education from NAfME and NFHS, the members of the Council for Choral Education have recorded a message to assist choral directors and school administrators with plans to safely teach singing in school this fall….
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TITLE: The Ultimate Beginning Band Instrument Demo
SOURCE: Curated
FORMAT: Videos
DATE: September 1, 2020
How important is it that prospective beginning band students have a clear concept of the available band instruments and what they sound like? How do you get that across to students? Here’s a source that you can use now and save for use in the future. Beautiful, outstanding performances from members of the US Army Field Band. The band instruments…
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TITLE: Don’t Miss Our FREE Webinars – from Nottelmann Professional Development
SOURCE: Nottelmann Music
FORMAT:
DATE: September 1, 2020
For ALL music educators! In keeping Nottelmann Music’s 65-year-plus tradition of supporting music educators, we offer these pages to support your everyday teaching. Nottelmann Professional Development is here to instruct and provide you with professional development credit, absolutely free of charge. Webinars offer an optional 1 hour of PD credit – a Certificate of Completion will be emailed to you….
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TITLE: Band Practice at Home: How to Involve Parents for Student Success
SOURCE: Curated
FORMAT: Article
DATE: September 1, 2020
Curated from Band Directors Talk Shop – With proper parent education, involvement and communication, we can partner with our band parents to help our students continue learning and improving while they are away from our band rooms. Following are some easy steps you can implement now to educate your parents on the importance of home practice and how they can…
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TITLE: Be Proactive – Choose the Right Leaders for Your Program – by Scott Lang
SOURCE: Curated
FORMAT: Video
DATE: September 1, 2020
Watch his video! Sign up for his workshop! – Tuesday April 13, 2020 – Kirkwood High School – 801 W Essex Ave, Kirkwood, MO 63122 SIGN-UP HERE
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TITLE: Setting up your Home Teaching Office for Success
SOURCE: Curated
FORMAT: Article
DATE: September 1, 2020
Curated from Presonus – by Education Manager Evan Brown – With the rapid shift to online learning many educators are experiencing due to the COVID-19 Pandemic, many are scrambling to get their home office set up and ready to continue teaching their students. While working from the comfort of your home can seem great, it can often present challenges that…
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TITLE: How to use Google Classroom to Submit Recorded Singing and Playing Assignments
SOURCE: Curated
FORMAT: Article
DATE: August 27, 2020
Curated from Midnight Music – by Sarah Taylor – Streamlining student data collection the easy way One afternoon, I was sitting at my desk in my chorus classroom. My 6th graders had just left. The high school girls ensemble was after my planning period. I was preparing for a meeting with my administrator who wanted an update on my data-driven…
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TITLE: What I Wish I Knew Before Becoming a Band Director
SOURCE: Curated
FORMAT: Article
DATE: August 21, 2020
Curated from Band Directors Talk Shop – For those of you that prepare music-ed students to go out and teach band or find yourself in an advising role to young prospectives, here’s a short but eye-opening article. It’s hard to disagree with anything on these lists, resulting from a recent survey of band directors in the field. In our recent…
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TITLE: Tips for Teaching Embouchure in Beginning Band
SOURCE: Curated
FORMAT: Article
DATE: August 21, 2020
Curated from Band Directors Talk Shop – “Spend time now to save time later” is a great quote, especially when it comes to teaching embouchure to beginning band students. Preventing bad habits early is key to a successful start on any instrument. Following is a list of 6 practical tips for teaching embouchure efficiently and effectively from day one. 1.)…
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TITLE: 10 Bandroom Tips – For New Band Directors
SOURCE: Curated
FORMAT: ARTICLE VIDEO
DATE: August 11, 2020
Curated from Jupiter, Mapex, and Majestic Educational Resources – Here are 10 selected tips for the new and experienced band directors alike. Bandroom Tip #1: Keeping Track of Auxilliary Percussion Bandroom Tip #2: Breathing for Young Low Brass Players Bandroom Tip #3: Training Low Brass…Ear Development Bandroom Tip #4: Helping Your Flute Students to Play In Tune Bandroom Tip…
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TITLE: The Trust of Leadership (In Your High School Band)
SOURCE: Curated
FORMAT: Article
DATE: August 6, 2020
Curated from Conn-Selmer – by Dr. Matthew Arau – Can a high school band function successfully without trust? Can a band have an effective student leadership program if the director does not trust the student leaders? Can an untrusting conductor generate expressive music-making from his ensemble? If the answer to these three questions is an unwavering no, then it is…
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