Posted by dougbutchy on 25th February 2012
This week, one of my french hornists successfully auditioned into the PA All-State Band. I am so proud and happy for him! He always had a sincere desire to make it to the all-state band since he was a Freshman. At our school, we have a wall in our music wing where the portraits of [...]
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Posted by dougbutchy on 21st February 2012
Over this long weekend, I decided that it was time for a different setup for my concert ensembles in the rehearsal room. I have previously tired “in the round” rehearsals, and it worked out very well. This time, though, I wanted to do something different, so I started doing some reading and found two different [...]
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Posted by dougbutchy on 13th February 2012
If you are like me and unable to attend the Pennsylvania Educational Technology Expo and Conference (PETE & C), then you are probably looking to keep up with what’s going on via the social networks. @misterlamb has a CoverItLive going on via his blog. Head over to http://misterlamb.blogspot.com to keep up in real time. Thanks [...]
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Posted by dougbutchy on 12th February 2012
Classical Chops Music Site Tags: music, education, Composition, internet pisanojm’s Channel – YouTube My Channel on YouTube – Tons of Jazz Lists as well as some Music Technology/Education Lists Tags: jazz, youtube, pisanojm – By Joseph Pisano Posted from Diigo. The rest of Music Education MPLN group favorite links are here.
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Posted by dougbutchy on 9th February 2012
What follows is a list of thoughts that I came up with in an effort to prepare a lecture/seminar that I am going to give my senior high and junior high students tomorrow. It ended up being quite the narrative, and I hope that I can get through it all in one class period! Feel [...]
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Posted by dougbutchy on 7th February 2012
Classical Chops Music Site Tags: music, education, Composition, internet Posted from Diigo. The rest of Music Education MPLN group favorite links are here.
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