Some Thoughts on Moving Forward
Trophies at competitions, degree of difficulty in the repertoire performed, or the number of performances completed will not determine the success of instrumental ensembles in music education in the immediate future.
Episode 15 of the Two Minute Clinic
Episode 15 of the TMC is now up. The one thing we all have is exactly the one thing we don’t need in our horizontal and vertical conversations in music education.
Episode 12 of the Two Minute Clinic
Some words of encouragement as music educators move forward in Episode 12 of the Two Minute Clinic.
Don’t Give Up.
As I read posts from friends and colleagues in the band world over the past month, I am concerned. We have hit the time of year where contest and festival are approaching or coming in, course scheduling is forcing key students to face difficult decisions as master schedules are released, budgets are due and funding is not allocated where it […]
Seven Signs of Successful Ensembles – Part 2
Thank you to those of you who reached out personally thanking me for Part I in this post – I was pleasantly surprised with comments, encouragement and (nice) demands for Part II. I take great unabashed joy to write about this part of the music ensemble. As I mentioned last week, there are core components here that are influenced by […]
