September 7, 2023
The Complete Musician series is of practical application. I develop the books and test them while teaching my students. Initially, Book 4 covered...
August 29, 2023
Adding a weekly group class to a weekly private lesson is a great way improve musicianship quickly. It incorporates the advantages of private instruction with small ensemble play.
August 18, 2023
Each row in the table corresponds to the paragraphs with the same number:
Traditional Suzuki ...
December 31, 2019
Harmonia Mundi (aka. We Gather Here Together) is sung by faculty and students at the closing of every Intermuse Academy, and presumably at the clos...
August 27, 2018
My dad passed away in 1966 so he has been gone fifty-two years. I was reading his biography recently in preparation for a trip Cynthia and I were...
March 31, 2016
Reading words and reading music have parallels.
Some people can’t read at all.
Some know what the letters say and they can sound out unfamiliar wo...
March 26, 2016
Wondering what I might add to the fixed-do versus moveable-do debate, probably the best thing would be to relate my own experience in becoming a m...
July 28, 2014
It’s been a long time since I posted on my blog, so here’s what’s new. Last year, after the school district decided to charge me a lot of rent for...
August 27, 2012
Until about 15 years ago, I had been teaching my own blend of Suzuki approach and traditional violin methods. But, I wasn’t satisfied with the res...
August 27, 2012
One of the principal tools used in Kodály music education is the movable-do system of solmization, or solfege, or sol-fa which was originated by G...
July 26, 2012
The only Kodály-based string curriculum I knew of was Colourstrings out of Finland, and so I went to a workshop in Helsinki led by Geza Szilvay, i...
July 7, 2012
The After School Music School services string students from the Provo School District in Utah. Each school in the district has a full-time music t...
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My dad passed away in 1966 so he has been gone fifty-two years. I was reading his biography recently in preparation for a trip Cynthia and I were...
Reading words and reading music have parallels. Some people can’t read at all. Some know what the letters say and they can sound out unfamiliar wo...
It’s been a long time since I posted on my blog, so here’s what’s new. Last year, after the school district decided to charge me a lot of rent for...
Until about 15 years ago, I had been teaching my own blend of Suzuki approach and traditional violin methods. But, I wasn’t satisfied with the res...
One of the principal tools used in Kodály music education is the movable-do system of solmization, or solfege, or sol-fa which was originated by G...
The only Kodály-based string curriculum I knew of was Colourstrings out of Finland, and so I went to a workshop in Helsinki led by Geza Szilvay, i...
The After School Music School services string students from the Provo School District in Utah. Each school in the district has a full-time music t...
