January 2012
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Hello!
I’m Beth, a graduate of George Fox University. I’ve recently completed a B.A. in music education and music composition. My main focus of study was instrumental music.
I’ve played the trumpet in many concert bands, jazz bands, marching bands, orchestras, and pits over the past several years and have studied piano privately for almost as long. Vocally, I’m a soprano who...
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OMEA (Oregon Music Educators Association)...
From the session “Maximizing Rehearsal Time”
Plan the warm up time
Warming up is essential to the rehearsal time. It is a time to settle the ears and ‘rediscover’ the tone quality for the day. A standard for tone may be such that you work to get students to have a clear and steady sense of tone without blips or fading.
Warming up helps not only the mental processes in readying for...
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Dr. Turner's Youtube Channel
Hello everybody!
I would like to introduce a Youtube channel for music educators that I have found particularly inspiring and useful.
www.youtube.com/drmarkdma
The instructor is Dr. Mark Turner of SFA in Texas. He has mastered the art of classroom management and his lessons are very creative. In his videos, you’ll find classroom footage as well as lectures.
Guaranteed to inspire you.
I strongly suggest you follow the person I...
clearerskies asked: Where can I submit a "Getting to know you" kind of post?
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Getting to know me!
Hello! My name is Ryan and I am a K-12 vocal/general music teacher in western NY. I’m in my 2nd year of teaching but my 1st year at a new school.
My blog is all about my experiences teaching this year with the hope that it will 1) give future teachers a realistic perspective of what the first couple years are all about, 2) give other new teachers something to relate to, and 3) give...
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Getting to Know You
Hi My name is Sam and I am a junior at Carl Sandburg High School. (I know, a young’un.) I am student conducting my advanced all-girls choir next year, and plan on majoring in Choral Music Education after I graduate. I may minor in Theory, or something else depending on time and money. My biggest struggle right now is just deciding where to apply/where to go to school.
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I’m a second year music ed student at a Canadian university. Glad to have found this blog so I can start compiling resources for when I start teaching in schools! Music has been my passion for as long as I can remember, and after teaching privately I decided to pursue a degree in music education. I’m focusing on instrumental right now, but I really don’t know where I’ll...
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Getting to Know Me
Hi everyone, I’m in my third year as an Instrumental Music Education and Piano Performance double major at the Bob Cole Conservatory of Music on campus of California State University, Long Beach. My background as a musician begins when I started piano lessons at 5 years old; in sixth grade, I picked up the trombone for band, which I played through the end of high school; in seventh grade, I...
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Getting to Know Me
Hello all! My name is Gen, and I’m still (unfortunately) in high school. In the fall, I’ll most likely go to Gustavus Adolphus College, in MN, and major in Music Education! (High school band teacher!)
I started band on flute way back when I was ten, and still love it. In high school, I picked up Alto Sax so I could be in Jazz band, and became emotionally torn between the two (I no...
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Getting to Know You
Hi! My name is Jenn and I am in my first year of teaching in Massachusetts. I have my undergrad in vocal performance, my masters in choral conducting and I just finished the accelerated post bac in education. I teach middle and high school chorus (separate groups) and general music in middle school (6th, 7th and special education).
I have 2 other jobs. I teach private voice and piano lessons...
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I have been receiving a lot of great submissions...
Remember, when you come across great education content, you can submit it here. This blog is supposed to be a follower-powered blog where you all submit content to share with your peers; like a collective think tank. I, again, thank all of our followers for their support and I welcome all of the recent additions to our musical family. :)
-Nick
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Getting to know you.
Hey! I’m John, I’m a freshman music education major at Gettysburg College’s Sunderman Conservatory of Music. My primary instrument is voice (tenor), and I’m thinking of a secondary in cello or piano. I’m doing a minor in theatre arts and looking for a summer theatre internship, because I want to be a high school choral and drama director. For a while I’ve been...
teachplaysing asked: I am going to my area's regional convention (North Central) - actually, the choir I'm in is singing at it as well!
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Another one.
Hello all,
I work for a couple of universities in NYC and would be happy to chime in and provide contributions as needed. Like most, my Tumblr serves as an outlet for generic, “personal” content and inherent reblogs that I think are fun. Regardless, I would love to help provide resources and info for those of you who are looking to make an impact in the field, as well as those who are...
gigimusical asked: Is anyone going to ACDA!!?? :)
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Hey y’all! I’m a Freshman at Middle Tennessee State University, studying instrumental music education. Primarily, I play the cello, i’m classically trained via the Nashville, TN public school system. In high school, I played saxophone for a year, Vibraphone for 3 years (in marching band) and string bass my senior year for wind band. I also teach music in the summers at a camp in...
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Getting to Know Me
I’m a bassoonist with a Bachelor of Music - All-Level Certification degree from West Texas A&M University in Canyon, TX. My musical career began in 6th grade when I accidentally chose to play the bassoon. At my middle school we were able to pick which instrument we wanted to play. I chose bassoon thinking it was a clarinet. The first six weeks of school were dedicated to building a...
