Today's music teacher's Q and A session is on one of the biggest challenges facing music teachers today. When we asked for questions for these sessions earlier this year we expected a lot of questions on behavior management, classroom routines and technology issues, and that was pretty much what came. However, by FAR the single
Do you teach Choir? Do you have trouble getting your rehearsals on track? Are your choristers 'chatty' during the warmup? How can we get our choirs on track and motivated from the very start of a rehearsal? These are questions which we are hoping to find a few answers in today's music Teachers Q and
Today's discussion in Music Teacher's Q&A covers an extremely important area for just about any teacher: the issue of what to do when there is little or no funding available for new instruments or resources. The question came from Liz, in Colorado, USA, and she said: "Teaching the music class in low income schools can
This is the second of our videos in our Bi-Weekly Music Teacher's Q and A segment. Today's question is one we get asked a lot at the Fun Music Company concerning Interactive Whiteboards. The question comes from Amy in the USA, and she asks: "How do I access your materials and other interactive whiteboard lessons
Welcome to the very first episode of Music Teachers Q & A, where Janice Tuck will be answering questions from music teachers, talking about issues that affect us all. Today's question comes from Mary in South Carolina, USA, and she asks: “I’m really not happy with my teaching situation this year - I’m being asked
What makes any teacher great? This has been debated for a long time now. For years, people thought the number of students per teacher was the most important factor in learning. Then educators focused on the size of schools. Now, latest studies are showing that it’s the teacher quality which matters most. I saw it
There’s no doubt that technology is fast becoming part of many classrooms worldwide. According to a recent PBS Survey 74% of teachers Say Technology Enables Them to Reinforce and Expand on Content (February 4, 2013). However reports such as this one written by Joan Ganz Cooney Center also states that teachers can be skeptical
This short film “my Shoes” has absolutely nothing to do with music!! So why am I putting it here? Well we all know that as music teachers whether we’re teaching in a studio, band, choir or classroom- we’re always put in situations where we talk about much more than just music. Often in music, students
Just had to post this today because it’s been picked up by the big media channels and is highlighted in the The Huffington Post and Daily Mail- I even saw it shown on my local TV channel! So I thought that it's a nice one to show classes for a bit of fun. Posted just
Just picture this….. You’re sitting in front of a full audience and in front of the Netherland Symphony Orchestra ready to play for a concert. You hear the first few notes and within seconds you realise that you’ve practiced the wrong piece! That’s exactly what happened to acclaimed Portugese pianist, Maria João Pires during a