Music
Music in Our Schools Month is a great time to examine how you can teach every student to play a musical instrument. It's doable and it's imperative. This post examines my own experiences as a 4th grader and argues for...
Having a piano lab in your school would be great, but may not be possible, Now, technology has opened additional avenues for piano instruction. Students can utilize classroom sets of iPads, available in many schools, as an instrument and as...
When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down “happy.” They...
I look forward to an America which will reward achievement in the arts as we reward achievement in business or statecraft. I look forward to an America which will steadily raise the standards of artistic accomplishment and which will steadily...
In a blog all about saving time and getting organized, one of the questions we must keep ever present is, “Save time for what?” The answers differ for each of us. For many of us, the answer is that we...
I look forward to an America which will reward achievement in the arts as we reward achievement in business or statecraft. I look forward to an America which will steadily raise the standards of artistic accomplishment and which will steadily...
A friend of mine, Wayne Washam, often said, “There are some kids the band needs, and there are some kids who need the band.” This video, which illustrates a true story from my teaching career, spotlights a young man who...
With your eyes closed, you would think you hear rain followed by a real thunderstorm. The group is Perpetuum Jazzile. Just a little something to brighten your day!...
I look forward to an America which will reward achievement in the arts as we reward achievement in business or statecraft. I look forward to an America which will steadily raise the standards of artistic accomplishment and which will steadily...
Straight No Chaser or a more traditional version… What the New Year brings to you will depend a great deal on what you bring to the New Year. -Vern McLellan...