Each Monday evening at 8PM EST, music teachers get together and share ideas about important topics within music education. It’s a great chance to interact directly with educators from all over the world and to get new tips and tricks to help you succeed in the classroom. The entire #musedchat discussion is organized and moderated by Joe Guarr.
Q1: What are some of the pieces/musical experiences that have had the biggest impact on you? What musicians have shaped your identity? Share a links if you’ve got ‘em. #musedchat
A1: Only Light by Aaron Perrine (https://t.co/jBOb9ZLxTg). This piece has been symbolic for me as a way to cope and overcome adversity, and find hope in difficult phases of life. #musedchat
A1: Elsa's Procession..., played while in college at @ArtsAtWCU, touched my heart. My director, Dr. Martin, really took the time to explain the beauty of the piece, and we worked so hard -- as an ensemble -- to bring it to life. https://t.co/un8guQp2j6#musedchat
R1: When I was in high school I got to play a side-by-side concert with the @pghsymphony and that was so cool. I’m glad the orchestra where I live now (@RSO_Richmond_IN) still offers this opportunity to Ss #musedchat
A1: Playing a duet with tuba player @AndrewHitz : Really got me thinking and teaching more musically, not just technically. Arnold Jacobs of course. #musedchat
A1 last year drove home the message to 2nd n 3rd grd musicians that their performance could chage someones life. They chose the music. Many crying parents n siblings after. Performers killed it! #MusEdchat
A1: Brahms Requiem. I performed this at @BerkshireChoral while attending as a scholar, and the timing was perfect -- I had just lost one of my beloved role models. This mass for the living -- the ones left behind -- helped me mourn. #musedchathttps://t.co/exZtwvLc4m
Played American Elegy in early 2000s by Frank Ticheli. I was just starting my career and I@have been chasing that musical connection ever since #musedchathttps://t.co/TUbDsvIbIc
A1.1: As for musicians the top three for me would have to be Claude Delangle, and two of my teachers Greg Cunningham and Jeff Heisler. Super great people, wonderful musicians, and superb musicians! #musedchat
A1: I knew I wanted to be a music teacher from middle school. Due to the dedication and expectations of our director. Loved playing those marches, especially by Sousa #musedchat
It seems more appropriate for this piece to be resurfacing since the 20th anniversary for the event it was written for is coming up fairly soon. #musedchat
A1: My beginning band! I love those light bulb moments. I keep researching new ways to teach them and have fun making music. They keep me learning! #musedchat
A1: Hard to narrow this one down! An early one though was probably playing Holst in high school. That's an experience where I connected to "real" repertoire and not just literature written for student ensembles. Made my musicianship feel more authentic. #MusEdchat
A1: Getting to work with @samuelhazo while I was at Elmhurst College in undergrad and watching him conduct and connect with the band was powerful #musedchat
A1: I was lucky enough to get into All-State Orchestra, and the first time we played Pines of Rome was what really made it all click for me. #musedchat
A2 my experience w a Ts negating music that meant the world to me drives my teaching. I bring a piece of myslf as a musician but leave more room for Ss to bring who they r 2 #MusEdchat
A2: I want my students to know the story behind the piece. We commission works as often as we can and we try to contact composers to get the story. #musedchat
A2: Being a MS teacher, my students won't be singing/playing either of those pieces anytime soon. However, I strive to give my Ss that same connection with the music with what they ARE performing. #YouWillBeFound from DEH def. helped to form some of those connections. #musedchat
A2: We talk about our pieces and what they mean -- what we need to project in our performances in order to take our audiences on the journey with us. The more my Ss strive for and feel connections, the stronger advocators of music they'll be in years to come. #musedchat
A2: I always try to show/share a part of my musicianship with my Ss. I often find myself sharing anecdotes or metaphors to create extra-musical representation. Music is more than notes on a page. #musedchat
A2: how much it all means to get so absorbed into a performance and to be able to convey how you are feeling to the audience. Such an amazing feeling I want to pass on #musedchat
A2: Seeing that I teach high school general music. It is all about connections. To appreciate the arts, and to see what came prior to the music that we listen to today and how it influenced that music. #musedchat
A2: I always try to show/share a part of my musicianship with my Ss. I often find myself sharing anecdotes or metaphors to create extra-musical representation. Music is more than notes on a page. #musedchat
A2:1 I really feel that when in doubt grabbing my instrument and modeling a phrase or passage should still bring about looks of amazement from students #musedchat
A3teaching in communities (detroit n dearborn) i didnt grow up in, finding connections to who Ss r as musicians has been SO important! I am always llokng for ways Ss can share their culture #MusEdchat
A3: Very little about individual Ss, need to fix that. I try not to assume Ss' musical identities, what may resonate with one may not resonate in the same way with the other. #musedchat
A3: I ask a "question of the day" to start every class, and I stick music questions in there every so often to help me gauge their interests. I keep in close contact with my band/orchestra colleagues for my students in many ensembles, attending performances when I can. #musedchat
A3: students from musical families are often excited to talk about that... Their favorite music they are usually singing or playing during down times. #MusEdchat
A3: our playing final each year is “learn something in your own” and I have added “fantastic Friday” where students show off their skills or share videos that inspire them during class #musedchat
A3: In the high school general music class, I find out what instruments the students play and for some of them, I invite them to perform for the other students, No matter if they play on a band instrument or on guitar, banjo, etc. #musedchat
A3: Last year, by mid-year I knew quite a bit. Had a banjo player who played in his family band. A trumpet player who's Dad is Jazz teacher. We had quite a bit of classroom sharing. I have a small school so it's easy to know Ss. #musedchat
A3: I also do a project in which the Ss go on @jwpepper (using cert. requirements), search for, and justify a piece of music for the spring concert. I typically select a few pieces from the Ss lists -- plus, it helps me better understand their interests. :) #musedchat
A3 song suggestion list, musical show n tell, telling your story as a musician (writing n “performing ur story) are all ways I let Ss share about themselves. Told today i need to listen to “Kiki” by drake #MusEdchat
A3: I’m starting to learn that their musical lives are either only in school or in school and church. Trying to create more opportunities that are accessible! #musedchat
Sorry I'm late needed to blow off some stress. Antoine Buttigieg Woodbridge Ontario Canada HS instrumental music teacher MB and drumline director of the @FrBressaniBands#musedchat
A4: The Ss who are heavily involved outside of school tend to tell their peers (small school). A LOT of my Ss, however, rely on Instagram for sharing their musical interests. Kids these days! #musedchat
A4 try n let Ss share likes n dislikes w each other, have to justify it w musical idea tho. Constant group composing n performing, alaysis n discussion. Easier w young Ss in same class together all day #MusEdchat
R3: I give credit for playing in the community (church, comm. orch, youth orch, musicals, etc) so I think I know some. For some Ss though their only musical exposure is in our classes and that’s why it’s even more important to teach quality content #musedchat
A4: With a small school - students are over extended in many performing groups. Some eat, sleep, and breath it and share with each other by their close bond. Those that aren't as involved, don't really know much about each other's musical lives. #musedchat
A4: I find this to be a challenge. The challenge is helping to facilitate those conversations so that Ss don’t feel like they are “not doing enough” compared to their peers. It’s tricky. #musedchat
A3: I also do a project in which the Ss go on @jwpepper (using cert. requirements), search for, and justify a piece of music for the spring concert. I typically select a few pieces from the Ss lists -- plus, it helps me better understand their interests. :) #musedchat
A4: I think they knew a bit. We would often talk in class about things that happened at home with music. I would share with them concerts that I would be playing in and invite them. I tried to talk about the HS and MS Concerts (Siblings) as well. #musedchat
Hi All! Denise from CT, teaching K-5 music & 4/5 band. Getting here late - trying to finish ProTraxx modules (ugh).
A1: Holst's 1st mov't (Chaconne) from his 1st Suite. Played it in 9th grade & it still deeply affects me.
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A5 when we do concert Ss write a reflection after n I post them in the hallway outside class. Ss love reading about each others experiences, and cant wait to write their own #MusEdchat
A2: I love the book and song "Thankful". It comes w/ a CD with Art Gafunkel singing it. The K/1 students respond so well to it & the song has such a profound affect on them. #musedchat
A5:Having non musicians in class, it is interesting to hear their thoughts and how they describe the music they have heard. Students write up their reviews and then share them with others in the classroom. #musedchat
A5: This could take many forms from letting letting Ss program a piece for a concert, stepping away and letting Ss teach a piece to the class, or even programing popular music. There are many answers to this and not one way go about this. #musedchat
A5: We started just barely scratching the surface of hip hop in my music tech class last year. Some of the students wrote some powerful lyrics, really learned a lot about them #musedchat
A3: I've been trying to get to know my students more, in general. I started the year with an icebreaker game that focused on their interests musically and out of school. #musedchat
A5: After watching the movie, my 8th grade Ss had to take songs from #HighSchoolMusical and rewrite them to be relevant to their lives. It was VERY interesting and eye-opening (and slightly angsty, of course). ;) #musedchat
A1 performing 'What a Wonderful World' in memory of my HS music teacher, he inspired me to become a music teacher, he would sing it a la Louis Armstrong. He passed away earlier this year We performed it at our last concert and I sang it in the same voice. .#musedchat
A2 not necessarily from the piece but the mannerisms and teaching style Mr. Livio Leonardelli instilled me are what I bring into the classroom. #musedchat
A4 again something that I've never thought of bringing up in class. It makes sense to as we are trying to build relationships and a community. #musedchat
