the music educator blog

As a member of the greater music education community, chances are you’ve come across the topic of programming for diversity in one way or another.

This week’s episode addresses the relationships we all have with administrators. As music educators, we have a responsibility to demonstrate the value of the arts and what music does for the greater school community.

In this episode, I turn over the hosting reins to my friend John Mlynczak live from the exhibit hall at the Texas Music Educators Association annual conference.

This episode is all about copyright. As we all know, you can do anything you want with music you create, but in this episode we’ll give you some very much needed clarity about what you can and cannot do with music you didn’t create.

As we start the new year, I wanted to present an episode that is a bit different from our typical episodes.

One of the smartest things I did in my pre-music teaching life was to work at a music store. Not only did I make lifelong friends, I got to know all of the other music teachers in the area where I worked, I learned a lot about music instruments and accessories, I got to attend live performances of Broadway shows, meet professional musicians and celebrities, and basically develop a knowledge of the music industry.

I know exactly how busy you are right now with the holiday season upon us. Which is why this episode is short, sweet, and to the point.

This episode on “Comparanoia™” is about something that I feel, and I’m sure YOU feel, quite poignantly this time of year: inadequacy.

I recorded this episode while attending the National Association for Music Education (NAfME) conference in November, and the best part was getting to meet so many people!

Today I’ve brought on one of the world’s foremost experts in a truly relevant topic in music education today: Social Emotional Learning, or SEL.