1. Student Leadership -Take Your Student Leadership Program to the Next Level
(Teacher Resources/Leadership)

Want to take your student leadership training program to the next level? Read how some schools have adopted some simple principles to add punch to their leadership programs and have made everyone st

2. Active Listening For Better Leadership Results
(Teacher Resources/Leadership)

...It's now time to add that technique to your toolbox! Sean McPheat is the Managing Director of MTD Training, a leading UK management training company. Sean is regarded as one of the leading a...

3. The Seven Mistakes to Avoid when Organising Your Student Leadership Program
(Teacher Resources/Leadership)

...give their students leaders a position and even a badge, but many don't give their new leaders an effective training program. Here are seven common mistakes to avoid whether you are designing your fir...

4. Top 20 Reasons Why Children Should Study Music
(Teacher Resources/Advocacy)

...ence, the top 20 benefits reported for vocal and instrumental music study are listed below. 1. Music training has been linked to spatial-temporal reasoning skills. (I.e. ability to read a map, ...

5. A Rundown of Several North American Conservatories
(Teacher Resources/Music in General)

...tion, music education, jazz studies and music history, among others. The Boston Conservatory Has been training exceptional performing artists since 1867 when it was founded by Julius Eichberg, a...

6. Study: Music can improve hearing
(Archived/Music Education News/Music In General)

...an - Kraus said the study presents the importance of music in children's general education. "Music training can help kids hear in a noisy classroom or kids with hearing problems. It could hel...

7. We cannot afford to lose music in schools
(Archived/Music Education News/Music In General)

... behind we've begun to ignore the finer points of education. My kids have had almost no second language training. The music class is more of a low-level introduction than a program that would ... ...

8. SmartMusic Master Educators Share Their Secrets
(Teacher Resources/Computers)

...ssroom lesson plans .  Consider these examples: Use the Play By Ear Exercises (a fun ear training exercise) in loop mode as a large group warm-up prior to starting your rehearsal....

9. New Ways To Use SmartMusic
(Teacher Resources/Computers)

...Mike Doll, Rawlinson Road Middle School, Rock Hill, SC Use the Play By Ear Exercises (a fun ear training exercise) in loop mode as a large group warm-up prior to starting your rehearsal....

10. CMP Diary- Making The Choice To Be A Better Teacher
(Blogs/Tales From The Podium)

...entered college I stuggled to keep up with some of my subjects. Theory was especially hard, as were aural training and sight singing even though I had considerable choral experience. The biggest ch...

11. The Importance of Fine Arts in the Classroom
(Teacher Resources/Advocacy)

... lawmakers (Burns, 2003, p. 5). One study, in this analysis, was focused on the teaching of keyboard training to a classroom in order to see if student’s scores on spatial reasoning could...

12. Primary teachers too shy to sing
(Archived/Music Education News/Music In General)

...ucation says. Music is compulsory up to the age of 14 but many primary teachers receive just a few hours of training ... ...

13. Tune up our training, say 'unskilled' music teachers (Guardian Unlimited)
(Archived/Music Education News/Teaching Music)

Primary school teachers feel they lack the necessary skills to teach music even though it is part of the national curriculum, according to the results of a survey published today.

14. In New Orleans, bands struggle to regain footing (International Herald Tribune)
(Archived/Music Education News/Music In General)

High school bands have long been the incubator for New Orleans music, and the training ground for generations of musicians.

15. Pranks Against Teachers: The Teachers Fight Back
(Blogs/Tales From The Podium)

...owed themselves to get to this stage through poor classroom management or through inadequate preparation or training.  That is not and should not be the point, however.  No matter how it is ...

16. eMedia Piano and Keyboard Method Review
(Computer Software/Learn To Play an Instrument)

... does an excellent job teaching beginners how to play the piano as well as including vital theory and aural training concepts in the process.   ...

17. I Can Play Guitar: Review
(Blogs/Tales From The Podium)

...ined electric guitar that your budding musician can hook up to the family television to begin his rock star training.  So what was the verdict?  Read on to find out!  From the secon...

18. A Novice
(Teacher Resources/Research)

This case study examines the growth of Chris, a novice string teacher who, after two years of near-failing evaluations, successfully received tenure following his third year of teaching. 

19. Marching Band Camp Survival Tips
(Teacher Resources/Class Management)

...dent leaderhship corps can help you get more accomplished but only if you have done the proper planning and training to get it off the ground in advance of band camp. Have a backup plan in ca...

20. Perfect Practice Makes Perfect
(Teacher Resources/Playing an Instrument)

...ime is when the student reviews favourite songs and has some fun. Tasks such as playing with the radio (ear training in disguise), recording yourself, composition and improvising are all enjoyable ass...

21. How To Develop Your Ear
(Teacher Resources/Playing an Instrument)

Developing your ear when singing is essential to being someone who can sing well.  Most people are able to tell you the difference between what sounds right and what sounds wrong, but developing

22. Healthy Voice Habits
(Teacher Resources/Playing an Instrument)

... do not want to make any hoarseness worse or lose your voice completely.  If you do feel that you are straining your voice, you need to rest and avoid speaking or overusing it. Still, the he...

23. To Boldly Go Where No Team Has Ever Gone Before
(Teacher Resources/Leadership)

...at am I babbling about? We read, we go to self-improvement seminars, we go to team development and in house training, but do we understand why? I actually was asked in a session by a gentleman, &ldquo...

24. The Secret History Of Drums: The Role Of The Military Drummer
(Teacher Resources/Music in General)

... prepared - the meaning of the different beats had been literally 'drummed' into him time and time again in training. At the onset of battle, the roar of the assembled drummers would surely instil c...

25. The Secret History of Drums - Parleying with the enemy
(Teacher Resources/Music in General)

... the troops - each 'beat' having a specific meaning which had been endlessly 'drummed into' the soldiers in training. When the chaos and noise around them rendered the Colonel's shouts ineffective, th...

26. So You Want to be President? Learn to Play a Musical Instrument!
(Teacher Resources/Playing an Instrument)

...e piano or reading a book. The list goes on, but the real question is why do people with musical training tend to achieve more in life? There are differing theories about that, but studies...

27. Illegal music sharing? OU tops the charts (The Columbus Dispatch)
(Archived/Music Education News/Music In General)

...pus with the most complaints filed against illegal file sharers.  Whoops...  Time for some ethics training perhaps?   ...

28. Ear Training Software - Aural Training Software
(Bookmarks:Music Ed Links / Teaching / Software)

A web site with several freeware downloads of ear training software as well as links to ear training documents and essays.

29. The Music Achievement Council
(Bookmarks:Music Ed Links / Teaching / Music Advocacy)

...ssociation of Music Merchants and the National Educators Music Conference that provides useful advocacy and training materials to music educators and schools. ...

30. Tune Up: Intonation Training System
(Bookmarks:Music Ed Links / Teaching / Tuning and Intonation)

The TuneUp System comes highly recommended in several publications including in the book Improving Intonation in Band and Orchestra Performance by Robert Garofalo.