Come study with me - it’s FREE, it’s online, and it starts THIS WEDNESDAY! This course will cover EVERYTHING you need to know to implement podcasting into your curriculum. All participants will come away from the course with a certificate for 10 hours of professional development, a ready-to-use lesson plan and project for your students, and the opportunity to have your work included in our curriculum! I really hope you’ll join me! To register for the course, click HERE today!

One of my favorite shows of the year for MusicFirst is the Music & Drama Education Expo in London, England,. It’s been 3 years since I have been here in person, for obvious reasons, and it was GREAT to be back. It is a FREE show for all attendees so there are LOTS of teachers here, and almost every company in the music education space here in the UK are in attendance.

BBC Ten Pieces opens up the world of classical music to 7-14 year olds. Explore our exciting films, lesson plans, instrumental arrangements & live events!

The screenshot tool on a Mac and PC is one of the most useful tools for teachers who want to create worksheets, handouts, and quizzes for their students.

Just in time for Presidents Day/Week, here is a podcasting project for you to do with your students. It is from my Podcasting Across the Curriculum book, available exclusively from MusicFirst. Also, there is still time to sign up for my FREE podcasting course that begins on March 1. You can register for the course HERE.

Check out these amazing posters that cover all aspects of music theory, created by Toby Rush - Assistant Professor of Music Theory & Technology at the University of Dayton, in Dayton, Ohio.

If you are interested in finding public domain band music to download and perform with your ensemble, this is the site for you.

Here are some of my suggestions to help you keep your personal life private. In my opinion every educator, especially those in public school settings, should take these steps to protect themselves from curious minds.

This post has all of my session materials from the TMEA/TI:ME 2023 Conference in San Antonio, TX.

Check out this simple site for helping your students find rhyming words when writing lyrics. Shout out to Meaghan O’Connor-Vince for introducing me to it!

FreeSound is an amazing audio clip repository that uses Creative Commons licenses so that you can freely use anything you find in your own projects. It is perfect for finding sound effects and more.

Shed the Music is a wonderful site for teaching students the fundamentals of music and music theory through engaging, authentic content and well produced videos.

This post has all of my session materials from the OMEA 2023 Conference, plus a little extra :)

Join me for a FREE 5-week online course titled Podcasting Across the Curriculum. You’ll learn everything necessary to integrate podcasting into your teaching.

Here is a FREE lesson plan and composition activity using Noteflight to help your students celebrate the 100th Day of School.

This is a project idea from my podcasting curriculum to help celebrate Black History Month this February.

This post has all of my session materials from the GMEA 2023 Conference in Athens, GA.

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.

Learning Synths with Ableton is a fabulous curriculum that will teach you and your students everything you need to know about music synthesis.