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As I prepared for another season of teaching earlier this Fall, I was trying to think of ways to foster community among my students while at the same time allowing prospective students to become familiar with my studio. I decided that one of the best...
The term student-centred pedagogy alludes to the student being the teacher’s main priority, rather than the music that is being taught. It’s main objective is for teachers to become increasingly dispensable to students by developing them as independent...
Cognition:“The process of thought“.
On several occasions I have had a student ask me to teach him to sing while playing. This task seemed impossible for the student(s), I explained that this was a learned skill, which takes hours of practice. When I...
MTH, fabulous website that it is, doesn’t yet support Arizona not using Daylight Savings Time. This morning, when I went to reconcile my lessons, some weren’t yet showing. I had forgotten that I’d set my Time Zone to Pacific (GMT-8:00), because...
Yesterday evening I attended a training session for district treasurers sponsored by the Ontario Senior Secondary Teachers’ Association, the union that I belong to as a faculty member of the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto. I have a set of new...