Listen Up! Podcasts for Music Educators

Music educators are often left to their own devices for professional development. Many districts don’t have the resources for special arts-centered PD, and general education seminar content sometimes doesn’t apply to arts classrooms.  That leaves music education conferences, which are great. But for those who need or want more regular help, ideas, or inspiration, try... Continue Reading →

How to Make Your Own Virtual Choir

Make your own virtual choir performance in just 8 steps. This guide includes tips for planning the project, recording participant tracks, and editing the submissions into a final performance ready to post and send. For related technology and tools, visit Sheet Music Plus. You’ve seen them everywhere online: grids of iPhone videos of people singing... Continue Reading →

A Four-Part Journey through Eric Whitacre’s Virtual Choir

Guest post by Curran Mahowald, a choral singer who participated in Eric Whitacre's Virtual Choir 6 in May 2020 Eric Whitacre In the spring of 2020, Eric Whitacre assembled his sixth global virtual choir to premiere his new piece, "Sing Gently." Following a series of virtual rehearsals led by Whitacre himself, 17,572 singers from 129... Continue Reading →

Guide to Remote Music Education

So much of what makes music fun for us is sharing it with others: playing in ensembles, performing concerts, worshipping with our congregations, and teaching our craft. Unfortunately, many of us have found the usual ways we gather together to share music abruptly curtailed recently. With the help of technology, though, teachers and students alike... Continue Reading →

How to Get More Piano Students

Guest post by Kristin Jensen of MyFunPianoStudio.com. View the original on Kristin's blog HERE. Everything I’d done to try to get more piano students was a waste of time with little or no results. We’d moved to a new town and I was determined to fill my studio quickly. I worked hard to get the... Continue Reading →

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