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A few years back, Lauren Marcinkowski introduced me to the concept of Universal Design for Learning and I was HOOKED.
Since then, I’ve done a decent amount of research into UDL as part of my graduate research for my Master’s degree and I’ve been able to see incredibly positive...
This week’s episode is all about choir at the elementary level. You are not going to want to miss this fantastic interview with Emma Bassett.
Emma Bassett was born and raised in Wisconsin, but got to Texas as fast as she could! After graduating from the University of Wisconsin...
There is so much that we don't learn about student teaching until we are in the thick of it.
Now that I'm a few years out of student teaching, I've been doing a lot of thinking about what I wish I would've known about student teaching.
This week's episode of That Music Podcast is...
So many of us have an increasing population of English Learners in our classrooms.
Especially for those of us, me included, who are not bilingual, this can be an incredibly difficult population of students to serve.
In this week’s episode of That Music Podcast I bring in a wonderful...
I often get questions about how a Kodály-influenced classroom can also be one that asks questions to allow us to be anti-racist and anti-biased.
Today’s episode of That Music Podcast is all about refocusing the Kodály classroom to ensure that the repertoire we choose...
In this week’s episode of That Music Podcast, I get a little bit personal. I share my thoughts and reflections on this past year.
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Whether we like it or not, we must advocate for ourselves and our programs.
On this week’s episode of That Music Podcast, I share a conversation I had with Sarah OIiver about advocating for ourselves and our students.
Sarah Oliver lives in Xenia, Ohio with her husband Kevin, her...
I had a mindset shift a year or so ago about teaching Solfege, and it was an absolute gamechanger in my classroom.
On this week’s episode of That Music Podcast, I share that mindset shift and talk about how we as music educators can really think about the why of what we teach in a...
Vocal health is important for all teachers, but we as music teachers have an added struggle if we don’t take care of our voices.
Even those of us who went through undergrad as vocal majors often lack the knowledge of how to truly use our voices in a safe and sustainable way.
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On the podcast today we have our first international guest! I am so excited for you to hear this conversation with Hendrik Marais about music education and character development, as well as his experience hosting the 2021 Creative Arts Conference in Cape Town, South Africa.
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What if I told you that you could easily implement more student choice in your classroom while at the same time increasing the level of differentiation in your lessons?
Today’s episode is all about how learning centers can do just that in your classroom!
I brought in the expert on...
I never liked the recorder. Even when I was in school it wasn’t my favorite.
But once I discovered how the recorder can be used as another tool of music-making rather than just another unit, I changed my tune (see what I did there?).
This episode is all about why the recorder...