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Between comments I...http://teachingmusic.tumblr.com/post/31322875131http://teachingmusic.tumblr.com/post/31322875131Tue, 11 Sep 2012 00:41:00 -0500bookmusic appreciationshameless plugsfeatureNew Article in General Music Today: Before I forget, my article titled, “Soundwalks,...http://teachingmusic.tumblr.com/post/31015169317http://teachingmusic.tumblr.com/post/31015169317Thu, 06 Sep 2012 16:46:44 -0500publicationssoundwalksshameless plugsUnless you have been frozen in some sort of cryogenic chamber since July of 2010, you’ve heard...http://teachingmusic.tumblr.com/post/30740810971http://teachingmusic.tumblr.com/post/30740810971Sun, 02 Sep 2012 13:49:00 -0500recordingnerdykaty perrylisteningvisualizationsUpdate (9/11/12): After receiving a lot of feedback from a variety of places, I have already started...http://teachingmusic.tumblr.com/post/30353324461http://teachingmusic.tumblr.com/post/30353324461Mon, 27 Aug 2012 19:54:00 -0500music appreciationbookAs the school year is starting and teachers get their school calendars in order, I wanted to remind...http://teachingmusic.tumblr.com/post/29925066910http://teachingmusic.tumblr.com/post/29925066910Tue, 21 Aug 2012 17:52:00 -0500remix Imagine having some video games that allowed you to teach musical concepts to students on real...http://teachingmusic.tumblr.com/post/25054127701http://teachingmusic.tumblr.com/post/25054127701Wed, 13 Jun 2012 18:36:00 -0500PresentationGLSgames Hello! Yes! I remembered I had a blog. (I didn’t really forget.) I will get to my stack of...http://teachingmusic.tumblr.com/post/22152982444http://teachingmusic.tumblr.com/post/22152982444Mon, 30 Apr 2012 18:20:00 -0500ILMEAremixmobycomposition I am VERY pleased to announce that the new issue of Leading Notes is out now!  Seriously, the...http://teachingmusic.tumblr.com/post/17178705715http://teachingmusic.tumblr.com/post/17178705715Mon, 06 Feb 2012 17:58:00 -0600Leading NotesSoundwalksIf you saw my presentation at the 2012 TI:ME National Conference (“A Classroom Without Walls:...http://teachingmusic.tumblr.com/post/15347262779http://teachingmusic.tumblr.com/post/15347262779Thu, 05 Jan 2012 09:38:06 -0600 Dearest Music Teachers of the Interwebs, I’m giving a presentation at the end of January...http://teachingmusic.tumblr.com/post/15190420856http://teachingmusic.tumblr.com/post/15190420856Mon, 02 Jan 2012 12:00:06 -0600IMEAHelpPresentationsecondary general musicLast weekend, I had the opportunity to work with high school students for the first time in over a...http://teachingmusic.tumblr.com/post/11830398893http://teachingmusic.tumblr.com/post/11830398893Sun, 23 Oct 2011 14:40:12 -0500linkkids are awesomecaitlin mcgovern I had the great fortune to spend three days up at Michigan State University attending a conference...http://teachingmusic.tumblr.com/post/11259001952http://teachingmusic.tumblr.com/post/11259001952Sun, 09 Oct 2011 22:10:00 -0500presentation During my first year of teaching, I found myself frustrated after a number of rehearsals with my...http://teachingmusic.tumblr.com/post/10989188029http://teachingmusic.tumblr.com/post/10989188029Mon, 03 Oct 2011 15:12:00 -0500AdvocacyUSA TodayStick figuresChange is bad Go read this article. Do it. Literally, my first thought after reading it was, “Well, looks...http://teachingmusic.tumblr.com/post/10202768749http://teachingmusic.tumblr.com/post/10202768749Wed, 14 Sep 2011 10:06:01 -0500linkNew York Timespopular musicawesomeness The video above is footage from my July 22nd presentation at the seventh PeckaKucha evening in...http://teachingmusic.tumblr.com/post/9982814954http://teachingmusic.tumblr.com/post/9982814954Thu, 08 Sep 2011 21:53:00 -0500PeckaKuchaceline dionpresentationtastefeature This is just a quick note to recommend that my fellow music teachers take 15 minutes and watch the...http://teachingmusic.tumblr.com/post/9599676196http://teachingmusic.tumblr.com/post/9599676196Tue, 30 Aug 2011 16:32:00 -0500Audacityvideovisualizations The following blog post is brought to you courtesy of Nick Jaworski, Director of Blogging...http://teachingmusic.tumblr.com/post/9469491893http://teachingmusic.tumblr.com/post/9469491893Sat, 27 Aug 2011 15:52:00 -0500PSA You can stream the podcast new Leading Notes podcast (where I interview James Jordan) directly from...http://teachingmusic.tumblr.com/post/9131016374http://teachingmusic.tumblr.com/post/9131016374Fri, 19 Aug 2011 13:59:56 -0500podcastleading notesjames jordan I made the above video for an undergraduate class taught by Matthew Thibeault a few years ago...http://teachingmusic.tumblr.com/post/8693303442http://teachingmusic.tumblr.com/post/8693303442Tue, 09 Aug 2011 11:44:00 -0500SousaEducationalNerdy Real quick! The August 2011 issue of Teaching Music Magazine is out and I have a handful of quotes...http://teachingmusic.tumblr.com/post/8483080239http://teachingmusic.tumblr.com/post/8483080239Thu, 04 Aug 2011 15:31:00 -0500GleeMENCTeaching Music Magazineshameless promotion