teaching

An Open Letter to My Students

August 6, 2020

Dear Student, The fall 2020 term is now upon us. The world as we know it has turned upside-down over the last six months. We are living in a pandemic and are facing difficult (and necessary) personal and societal issues sparked by the Black Lives Matters movement. Your learning experience will be different this fall, […]

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10 Truths Learned as a First-Year Novice University Professor

May 11, 2015
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As of the publishing of this post, I have submitted my grades for the spring 2015 term, thus ending my first year as a full-fledged university professor. I’ve come to view my transition into professor-ship this year a bit like what it means to become a parent or be a PhD student. No one can […]

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Making Music Education Successful for the Exceptional Student

August 9, 2012
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I am the only music therapist in my small(-ish) town of 18,000. The music community here is fairly tight-knit, so when a music teacher is facing a year of working with students with IEPs (Individualized Education Plan, if you’re curious), he/she will likely reach out to me. This happened about a month ago. A friend […]

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Will These Songs Help You?

October 5, 2009

I have two items to address in today’s post. They are completely and totally unrelated. Music Therapy Conference Tweetup Wait…a tweetup? What’s that? I will post a video this week that defines a tweetup and how it relates to our upcoming national music therapy conference. Plus, I’ll be asking for your input on something. More […]

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