Music Education, Choral Music, and writings inspired from discussions on social media platforms.
Miserere Mei Deus – Allegri
If this piece doesn’t make you love Renaissance choral music, I don’t know what will!! When the soprano in the quartet hits that high C…so awesome. Beautiful piece. The text comes from Psalm 51, and lucky for you, the translation is in the video! Happy listening!
read moreInterview for Expressions Newsletter
A couple weeks ago I was asked to do an interview for an alumni feature story in the quarterly newsletter, Expressions, a publication by the Brooks Center for the Performing Arts at Clemson University. It was great to reflect on my time at Clemson and share how it has shaped me as a musician and future educator during my time in graduate school! I love the College of Charleston, but Clemson will always be home! (Says the girl with the orange nail polish on currently!) Here is the interview if you would like to see it! The print publication...
read moreA Response to the film “Class Act” (2007)
I had to watch this film for my Arts in Education class and write a response…so I thought I’d share! You can find the Hulu link at the bottom. I suggest watching it when you have an hour and a half to kill! Upon searching for Class Act on the Google, I came across a poorly rated film with the same title about two school aged boys facing stereotypes whose permanent records get switched, therefor their identities were confused by teachers and peers. When I located the film on Hulu, I was elated that this was not the film I had to...
read moreOur Lives As Stories
It’s Spring Break for me, and today I have the whole day to myself. At a loss of things to do, I decided to write, because it’s one of those activities that I never get to do at length during the semester. I began my morning just writing and reflecting on lessons learned thus far in graduate school. It always amazes me how much I can write when I don’t have any “lines”, particularly guide and dead. (See what I did there?) I then took a break to check my Twitter feed, and a new blog post by Donald Miller, one of my...
read moreSpring Hoarding? 4 Things Graduate Students in Music Education Should Keep
While it may be time for us to do some spring cleaning, there are some things that graduate students in music education should hold on to for a while! Here is a short list: 1. State and National Standards Print a copy, or save a PDF on your computer! It will become a valuable easy reference for either future assignments or lesson plans during clinical practice! 2. Start building a repertoire library. Save any scores given to you in literature classes, free copies at conferences, or print and save any pieces from public domain sites that you...
read moreMusic Students and Teachers! – Responses Needed!
For the next issue of Leading Notes Magazine, I’m exploring the differences between the criteria students and directors choose or “wish to choose” their ensemble’s repertoire. Feel free to leave an anonymous comment, but be sure to identify yourself as a student or current educator! Students: If you could choose 2-3 pieces for your current ensemble to perform, what would they be and why? Feel free to provide youtube recordings, etc! Teachers: How do you go about choosing repertoire for your ensembles? Do you take...
read moreArticle Featured on MajoringInMusic.com
There is a new website for students that provides information about majoring in music, MajoringInMusic.Com. They have linked my MusicEdMajor.net article, “Don’t Waste Your Electives,” as a resource in their Music Degrees section, which covers all of the bases about considering majoring/minoring in music. Here is the Music Degrees page, check it...
read morePrepping for the School Year
Once again summer vacation has mysteriously disappeared and I’ll be back in the swing of things in a couple weeks. While I’m very sad that my days of sleeping in and watching hours and hours of shows on the food network, I am looking forward to being back on a schedule and taking classes again! The Music Education Blog Carnival is starting up again, with the September issue being hosted at Yoon Soon Lim’s blog, Sing Imagination. In her post to announce her hosting, she posted some questions to spark some thought for those...
read moreLeading Notes Summer Issue: Connections!
Hello there! Leading Notes has just released their second issue: Connections. It’s a great collection of articles from students, music educators, and even family members! Please check out my article: Connecting for Music, and the rest of the issue at LeadingNotes.org! Tweet about it, “Like” Leading Notes on FaceBook, email the link out…yell about it on the streets! Share it with whoever will listen/read! Also, check out the Summer Book Club! James Jordan is a fantastic writer, educator, and all-around human...
read moreSeminar Reflections
I just gave a “dual session” seminar on “Social Media and Web 2.0 Tools in the Music Classroom” for my Trends and Issues in Music Education class. It was a lot of fun to put together, and an interesting topic to further explore in an academic sense! Here is the slideshow from both seminars: Social Media in Music Education View more presentations from Lindsay Morelli. Activities: 1. The class was given a “social media survey” that I made to share and discuss how everyone was using social media, if they...
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