Lesson Plan: 100th Day of School
Here is a FREE lesson plan and composition activity using Noteflight to help your students celebrate the 100th Day of School.
Project: Black History Month Podcast
This is a project idea from my podcasting curriculum to help celebrate Black History Month this February.
GMEA 2023 Recap
This post has all of my session materials from the GMEA 2023 Conference in Athens, GA.
Tool: Focus On Sound
Focus On Sound is an amazing tool for all music educators. Part encyclopedia, part music curriculum, this amazing software is the perfect companion to your teaching library.
Resource: Learning Synths with Ableton
Learning Synths with Ableton is a fabulous curriculum that will teach you and your students everything you need to know about music synthesis.
Resources for Chinese New Year
Here are a bunch of online resources for you to help teach your students about the Lunar New Year or Chinese New Year celebrated this year on January 22. 2023 is the Year of the Rabbit. 新年好!
Recommended Reading: The Creative Act: A Way of Being by Rick Rubin
The Creative Act: A Way of Being by Rick Rubin should be required reading for all music educators.
Tip: Spotify Playlists are your best friend
Make Spotify playlists your go to resource for easily accessing and playing music during your music instruction.
Resource: Happy Birthday Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Lesson Plan
Did you know that Stevie Wonder’s Happy Birthday song was one of the many reasons that Dr. King’s birthday is a national holiday? Check out this wonderful lesson plan from TeachRock.org.
Tool: DrawBeats
DrawBeats is a wonderful FREE pattern sequencer that runs in a browser, and you should definitely bookmark the site today and share it with your students!
Happy Public Domain Day!
Every year on January 1st, a new set of literary, music, film and art works fall into the public domain. Check out what is now available for free use in 2023.
Tool: Who Sampled?
Check out this incredible free website to explore the DNA of popular music, and find out - who sampled?
15 Years Later: Reflections on Leaving Full Time Teaching and Joining the Corporate World
My reflections on being in the corporate world for 15 years - as many years as I taught in the public schools.
Resource: Music Animation Machine
Stephen Malinowsi, creator of the Music Animation Machine, has been posting hundreds of animated graphic scores of musical works for years on YouTube.
Tip: YouTube Integration in Auralia & Musition
Check out one of the VERY cool new features in Auralia & Musition 7 - YouTube Integration!
Tool: Interactive Circle of Fifths
This super simple interactive Circle of Fifths tool makes learning music theory a whole lot easier.
Tool: Basic Pitch
Check out this brand new Audio-to-MIDI converter from the geniuses at Spotify.
AI meets Music Composition - Meet AIVA
In further exploration of AI this week, I stumbled onto Aiva - an AI program that can compose music of any length, in any key, in any genre.