Don’t “Decompose” – Compose! Writing music on demand in the music classroom.
For as long as I can remember, I have written music for pleasure. I write for myself, I write for my friends and I write for my family. I write as an expression of my faith in Jesus Christ.... but as much as I write, only occasionally do I write music for school....
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...