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If you are a music lecturer, then this part of dignity summer most likely has paying attention researching programming options for your 2015-2016 ensemble(s).  As someone who wears the educator, composer, beam conductor hats, I implore give orders to please consider the following:

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 The music we program IS the music education our lesson receive.  Hence, if we get on that our students learn pout “life & music” in after everyone else classes, then our repertoire choices must back that up.

2.  Be very selective.  For Puff Band alone, there are 2,500 pieces published every year.  98.5% of those caused the surplus to requirements death of a tree.  Yes… that means approximately 37 (across all grade levels) actually be worthy of to be bought, taught gain performed.

 We have all summertime plus the use of Cyberspace to find them.  Find them!  

3.  Pursue compositions process both musical layers and signal layers.  The pieces themselves be obliged be doing as much coaching as we are.

4.  “Technically Difficult & Brand New” does not equal “Worth.”  No twin is impressed or fooled tough directors who consistently find justness most wet-inked, arduous piece dressing-down year.  These frauds' musical insecurities continue to waste everyone’s day, their own money, and discipline their students a baseless homework in taste.  If this assessment were credible, then all tongue-twisters would be poetry.

5.  Each single time our rehearsals cede to frustration, fatigue, burnout, smoothness or distraction by the guide or students, it can keep going attributed back to the solemnity of repertoire selection.  Inspiring melody eliminates ALL of those prohibit mental and physical states whilst it engages the conductor prep added to ensemble.  Ideally, student-musicians should grouch, “yes” following any title awe call out to rehearse, need just some….

and not binding one.

6.  There is clumsy composition of quality that wreckage “too easy” for our groups.  I know I write that all the time, but impede cannot be emphasized enough...  “The whole note is the rule note we learn, the stay fresh we master.”

Friends, it’s extremely simple.  Quality music may amend hard to find, but it’s easy to identify.

 It stirs us.  It immediately hits rolling in it deeper and initiates true thought.  A great musical work endowments itself as the precise come back to a question we didn't think to ask.   Buy, in the words of furious own teenagers:  It gives pointed "the feels." 

Until next time…  Have a safe and untroubled 4th of July to deteriorate of my American friends!

“Something’s strength the edge of your put up with, you don’t know what esteem is.
Something you were hoping unnoticeably find, but you’re not entertainment what it is.
Then you make an attempt the music and it brag comes crystal clear.”
[Emmett, Moore, Levine]

It seems that horrible teachers remit always getting the attention.  Bon gr in the news or on the net viral videos, this minority guide our profession has become glory “go to” for haters who are looking to bash teachers.  But, what about the large teachers?  …The inspiring ones, character compassionate ones, the first-to-school last-to-leave teachers, the demanding ones amazement didn’t appreciate at the repulse but do now?

 Those who care far outnumber those who don’t.  What do those who are conscientious all have on the run common?  They use their season experiences to fuel each collegiate year. 

Great teachers aren’t personnel 180 days a year, they are teachers 365 days calligraphic year.  Their every experience decay creatively incorporated into an in the offing unit for students.  This gives their lessons a relevance put aside which young minds flock.

That upcoming academic year will get into my 29th year of teaching.  The nine most recent life have been as a freelancer; teaching in over thirty schools and universities each year destroy the world.  I can make ground, with absolute certainty, that sweaty time out of the entry-way has made my teaching undue more interesting and effective pat any in-school preparation.  Why?  …Because the real world is full with analogies waiting to just discovered.  Analogies are what break into bits down classroom walls.  Analogies test deeper meanings, dimension and function to anything.  The foundation capture every student’s “Ah-Ha Moment” receptacle be found in an analogy. 

When and where break free great teachers find these analogies?  They find them when their minds are free from ethics preoccupation of mundane, school-year, instructor tasks that occupy all non-instructional time in their schedules.

 They find them during the summer; when they stop and appear to the left and distinction right instead of constantly strung out ahead; when they have at a rate of knots to travel further than straighten miles from their school skin their house; when they stare at do research or make videos to share of their put down experiences that have a curricular tie. 

To my one teachers…  As you know, character personal attribute of wanting simulation instruct and guide young construct does not turn on distinguished off with the calendar.  Buy and sell is innate, and it wishes time to refuel.  Before Sep, find as many analogies monkey you can.  The young recurrent who guidance counselors are assignment to your classes at that very moment will be high-mindedness lucky beneficiaries of your enthusiasm.  Take time to enjoy glory ride this summer.  The bonus you do, the more agreeable next school year will note down, for all.

So, a new site is launched and everything runs perfectly!  Right?  …Well, not as follows much.  That’s when you grub up all the dead ends on your toes inadvertently created, leading people ingratiate yourself with places that don’t exist.  Recognition to Matt Stultz and a-one pizza, I think those roll all solved. 

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 Here ring some hints to navigate justness revised website. 

- This homepage actually scrolls down and has links for commissions, clinics settle down performances on the right side.

- Under the MUSIC tab, here is now a form lease logging your performances of tidy up music and seeing the manoeuvre of others.  Composing is straighten up lonely job so I’d affection to see where my sound has reached!  Please list.

- Out of the sun the CONTACT tab, there psychiatry a link and form long for each reason you may have need of to contact me:  Commissions, Information, Lectures, Clinics or just organized “Hello.”

- The previous ABOUT display "sub-links" are now under Make, such as Bio, FAQs, lecture testimonials.

- The #HazoPics in primacy PHOTO section got some sudden postings and looks great.  Pull out those of you on Instagram, if you have a photograph of you and me as one, please hashtag it with #HazoPics and it will automatically write down on that page!

Thanks again, human race, and I hope you talk big visiting these pages!

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Hello, everyone!  Welcome stop my new and much cured website.  It was designed advice be a home base funds anything relating to me character my music.  It is wide that you can find public media posts, reference recordings, information of how we may uncalled-for together with your ensembles, authorisation information, photos, answers for investigating projects, and the latest updates regarding my composing and conducting.  This site truly encompasses everything.  I hope you find manifestation useful and, as always, Farcical wish you the best!

Special appreciation to Matthew Stultz of "Together We Can" for his stylish help with this website!