Are you looking for songs to focus on the major triad?  Do you want to get some extra practice with your students using do-mi-sol?  Many folk songs use these three pitches in...

Whether you're a new band director or experienced, it's always exciting (and tough) to help your beginning players get a handle on the first five band notes.  As a music teacher, spouse...

Teaching is hard in general, but being in music teaching is extra tough these days.  We tend to get pulled or shut down more often, and many in the secondary couldn't even play these past...

Music symbols are many and varied. After all, music is a complex topic.  As a musician and music teacher, I'm often asked by people I play with what specific symbols mean.  One of my...

As I've gotten into music more and more over the past...few decades...I'm always surprised by the ways composers and songwriters craft melodies and phrases in such amazing ways.  Even as a...

In the age of distance and online learning, music teachers need to adapt how they teach to engage their students.  Now, while I'm a firm believer in active non-technology learning, I'd be a...