The Musical Muse
Blog dedicated to music education, practice tips, health & wellness, and geeking out.
I'm slowly catching up on reading my music teacher newsletters. APTA News has started highlighting music blogs that members find helpful or interesting.
Dianna Denley's Music Blog shares music resources for the piano and violin, from music book recommendations to practice/practise helps.
The kids have been working hard since September on two or three ensemble pieces. Instead of their regular lesson, they will have a combo class. Next week is the first time they will meet as a group to work on their pieces. It's hard to tell who's more excited: my students, Maestro or myself!
I've split my students into eight ensembles. We have a varied line-up:
After having my students take the VARK Learning Preferences questionnaire last year, I discovered that my students fall under three general categories:
Visual (mostly in combination, Visual-Aural or Visual-Kinesthetic)
Aural-Kinesthetic
Read/Write
A great big thank you to my teaching colleagues on LinkedIn for sharing their favorite music websites:
