It’s SO EASY! Easi-Speak Digital Recorders!
This fall I had a project funded through donorschoose.org for a pack of small handheld digital recorders. Since I have never had anything like this before in my classroom, I was filled with all sorts of dreams about ways that we could use them in class to...
Children’s books about JAZZ!
I LOVE children's books! I LOVE children's books that share great information in a meaningful way even better. I find that children's books are especially useful in helping my students experience Jazz. Today I'm going to share my very favorite Jazz books as well as a...
Music Listening Club – part 2
In response to some questions I've gotten about my Music Listening Club post I thought I'd write an update about how things are going now that we have been meeting almost every Thursday for 8 weeks. My after school listening club has grown from 15 to 22 students. My...
Baby Steps To Teaching Music Composition – part 1
As a song writer, I compose new music almost every day. Ironically, despite the fact that I LOVE writing music, it is very difficult for me to teach music composition to my students. In this area of instruction I consider myself a novice because I think I can do...