Performing in the Zone Performing in The Zone by Jon Gorrie is a book to help ease and manipulate performance anxiety. It follows the lineage of Mental Toughness, The Inner Game of Music, and other books in the genre. Gorrie impressively incorporates information from this rich history but still writes an original and very practical [...]
This post is part of the Teachers Certification Map’s “lessons from the field”, a series of posts featuring passionate, inspiring educators from across the country discussing some of the lessons that they have learned over the years that would help young teachers as they embark on their careers.
I recently bought a new digital video camera. My intent was to have an instant feedback tool for my practicing as well as my students (and for me to have a new toy!). It serves these purposes exactly as I had hoped. But wait, there’s more… Last week I decided to video MYSELF teaching my [...]
Is differentiation a regression to the 19th century one room schoolhouse? Probably not, but I wanted to post a controversial question. Will we return to tracking students again as was popular in the 80s and 90s? Great teachers have always differentiated and taught to the learning standards. What are your thoughts?
Education is an interesting and delicate phenomenon. Should we promote the often touted ‘well-rounded’ or generalist concept, or should we track students early on to become specialists? What are your thoughts?
•3 minutes Warmups • Long bowing • Frog-tip (from Sevcik) •3 minutes scales •2 minutes arpeggios •2 minutes scales / arpeggios with bow – tip exercise •10 / 10 Book – 10 minute teach, 10 minutes practice •15 Orchestra Music – practice on own
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How Neccesary is Homework? By Betty’s Blog. Which begs the question – If your students are in rehearsal 4 days a week and receive a weekly lesson, how necessary is home practice? What do you think?