Music Educator - Composer - Arranger
There is a famous quote by Stravinsky: “my freedom will be so much the greater and more meaningful the more narrowly I limit my field of action and the more I surround myself with obstacles. Whatever diminishes constraint, diminishes...
April 17th is National Haiku Day in the United States and the perfect day to talk about using Haiku as a part of a lesson on composing music. I thought it would be cute to add a Haiku to a...
There is a famous quote by Stravinsky: “my freedom will be so much the greater and more meaningful the more narrowly I limit my field of action and the more I surround myself with obstacles. Whatever diminishes constraint, diminishes...
April 17th is National Haiku Day in the United States and the perfect day to talk about using Haiku as a part of a lesson on composing music. I thought it would be cute to add a Haiku to a...
Kids love bucket drumming! It’s rhythmic, energetic, and it can be accessible to kids of all age levels and abilities. There are some safety and classroom management issues when bucket drumming – but they can be solved! Getting the Stuff Teachers...
What’s an Instrumental Petting Zoo? An Instrumental Petting Zoo is an event where invited guests get to try out the different instruments of the band and/or orchestra. The “guests” include your target students for beginning band and their families/parents/legal guardians....
This piano piece was an experiment, composed almost entirely of four notes: A-C-D & G. At the turning point in the composition the four tones are transposed down a fifth to D-F-G-C and chromatic alterations are added, but the piece...
