by Bonnie | Mar 12, 2015 | music teacher encouragement, Reflections and Caveats
So this week is spring break and I been taking life VERY VERY easy! 1. SLEEP – I did quite a bit of extra sleeping this week. Sleep is such a simple and important thing….. Luxuriating in extra (needed) sleep and rest can feel quite decedent. Maybe...
by Bonnie | Feb 26, 2015 | Music Listening
These videos demonstrates VERY clearly how the size of the string and it’s tuning affect the size of the sound wave created. Very cool!
by Bonnie | Feb 21, 2015 | Music Classroom Resources, Musical Instruments
I am dedicating this post to my friend Tami Boltz because she is one AMAZING music teacher and the information I am about to tell you absolutely made her week!!! So there we were, a small group of music teachers from various schools in the district. We were sharing...
by Bonnie | Feb 18, 2015 | music advocacy, Reflections and Caveats
The keynote address at TMEA was absolutely stunning and beautiful and this is just a little bit of a taste of what was shared…. The TMEA talk was so much better and yet I have to share at least a little bit.
by Bonnie | Feb 2, 2015 | Composition, Music Literacy |
Based on my previous post, I am not ashamed to admit that I was thrilled when I was able to help my students travel through a composition process that got them to where they could create work that looked like this. However, when I consider this work I can see room...
by Bonnie | Jan 22, 2015 | Composition, Music Literacy
I was working on my blog the other day and I had a chance to revisit some of my old posts. When I came across THIS post, I realized that even though this post is a few years old, it still rings true for me. Not only have I continued to begin my composition lessons...
