Tales of teaching, performing, step-parenting, cooking, and being human catalogued with humor and grace.
Are You a Teacher? This past spring (2024) I was subbing as a sectional coach for the Jacksonville Symphony Youth Orchestra. A young student asked
I’m still on the tree of a music career, just hanging out on a different branch at the beach. A few years ago, I wrote
Timeline, Impact, and Pandemic Fatigue We are now eleven months in. The USA has the highest death toll of any country, and each day more
Experiencing Musical Time We experience musical time in a couple of ways. Two of the most common ways are as the performer or as the
Student Performances and Lessons As the semester winds down, I’ve been doing a lot of reflecting on student performance and lesson opportunities. In my studio
Writing an email to your professor can seem like a stressful thing to do. It is also something you (student) may have not been taught
One hour. Sometimes sixty minutes feels like a lifetime, but then other times it flies by. Time is strange like that. One Hour Structure Over
By taking music lessons from an early age, I learned a myriad of life skills along the way. Many of the skills on this list
This week has been all about knowing when to hold ‘em and when to fold ‘em. The concept has come up a lot with my
1. Keep lesson format the same as F2F- just teach online Everything, including lesson formats, changed for students overnight. Students went home for spring break