With People Who Know
It’s affirming to spend time with people who know what your life is like.
Conferences
Fellow Travelers
The best thing about conferences is…
Brrrring!
The August 1 alarm going off is real.
See You At The Summer Conference?
Let’s connect at the MSVMA Summer Conference!
The Hang
What are you at conferences for?
Why Have Honor Choir?
Honor choirs are hard at every level.
Hugs First
Why I’m wishing I was at the ACDA National Conference. Not for the amazing choral performances, which I wish I could hear. Not for the inspiring lectures, which I wish I could absorb. Not for the reading session, which would give me ideas for the future. No, I wish i […]
What Are You Bringing Back From The Conference?
I’m always bringing back a few tips, tricks, or expressions from a conferences that I want to incorporate into my own teaching. A good warmup, a good mindset, a good new way of teaching a concept. This year, what I’m bringing back from the conference, more than anything else, is […]
Idea Cross-Pollination
One of the things I have missed most about in-person conferencing is that my ideas get to cross-pollinate. They get to mix and mingle with other ideas, and I come back with novel fruits to share with my students. It can happen in lecture sessions, in concert sessions, even in […]
New Words
One of the things I love about attending masterclasses and clinics from master musicians is that I can glean new words to put around musical ideas. Sometimes the words are harder than the ideas – I can grasp a concept, but not succinctly describe it. Hearing someone else’s words can […]