(1) I began teaching full time in 2015 and found myself as many new teachers do, trying to survive. I was not the ‘fresh-face’ right out of college but I was still the 20-something finding their [...]
Contemporary music education practices are guided by the formation, examination, and implementation of various philosophies. As Reimer (1989) states, music education philosophy helps to form insight [...]
The process of learning to play an instrument is as old as music itself. Whether honing techniques at a world-class conservatory or learning a hymn at a local church, music learning involves [...]
Contemporary Songs and Accompaniments in Beginning Band Method Books Chapter 1 – Introduction Take a step into today’s classroom and you will see that music learning has [...]
A (abridged) Philosophy for Music Education
17 Nov 2018A Philosophy for Music Education In a moment of growing cultural divisions and mounting progressive movements, there is a unified call for a new generation that can mend divisions and foster [...]