Spotlights & Tips
Director Tips – Sam Fritz – Video Practice Logs
For today’s installment of the Director Spotlight, we spoke with Center Grove Middle School Central band director Mr. Sam Fritz. Sam offers a great tip for band and orchestra directors about his system for ‘video practice logs’! We hope you enjoy this edition of the...
Director Tips – Kevin Schuessler
Kevin Schuessler joined us on the Director Spotlight recently. Please check out what he offers on work/life balance, teaching life through music and setting priorities on the podium. Work/Life Balance Teaching Life Through Music Setting Priorities On The...
Kevin Schuessler – Director Spotlight
Mr. Kevin Schuessler joins us today on the Director Spotlight. Mr. Schuessler is the Director of Bands at Center Grove High School. We hope you enjoy this edition of the Director Spotlight.
Music Truths
Assiduous Instrument Training Helps Focus
Studies have shown that assiduous instrument training from an early age can help the brain to process sounds better, making it easier to stay focused when absorbing other subjects, from literature to tensor calculus. ~ Hearing the music, honing the mind. (2010)....
Music Helps Expression
"I would say that music is the easiest means in which to express, but since words are my talent, I must try to express clumsily in words what the pure music would have done better." ~ William Faulkner
Rhythm Relates With Reading Skills
A 2013 study published in The Journal of Neuroscience found that adolescent-centered studies show that even very basic rhythm abilities, such as tapping to a beat, relate with reading skills. ~ White-Schwoch, T., Woodruff Carr, Anderson, S., Strait, D.L., Kraus, N....
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