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This post is the fourth and final post in a series of posts for a Figurative Language Unit designed for Music Teachers and Language Arts...

Nate and Helen’s new book cover If you are looking to decolonize your music room or provide a richer musical experience for your...

Contrary to popular belief, I enjoy coaching large ensembles. These groups are really good at facilitating the practice of reading...

This blog post has been adapted as a chapter section that has been accepted for publication by Oxford University Press in Technology for...

I’ve discovered a few things along the way that have helped me immensely in overcoming my fear of improvising to help me to “let go” and...

Here are some simple actions you can take or phrases you can say or think to foster a safe place to explore and experiment with music in...

Learn to play the guitar – It’s one of those instruments that is incredibly versatile and can be carried around the room, unlike the...

Some History: I began thinking about the concept of a “Continuum of Creativity” after watching Adam Neely’s video “Why No Rap Covers?” In...

Podcasts have become popular, and it seems today that everyone and their dog has a podcast worth listening to. I often think about...

(A portion of this blog post was approved for publication in Technology for Unleashing Creativity published by Oxford University Press,...

Before now, in the midst of a pandemic, a virtual book launch was a novel idea. Now, it really is our only choice for a book launch....

Top 10 Most-Read Blog Posts of 2019 Here are Steve’s Music Room’s most-read blog posts for 2019. Feel free to share any of these posts on...

Must-Read Music Teacher Professional Development Book List These books have a common theme, they promote Informal learning, Non-formal...

Technology can sometimes complicate things but it can also make things much easier for everyone. I know that getting your learners to be...

Versions of this post have been published in Creative Musicking and has been accepted for publication the forthcoming book, Technology...

Register Now for the 2018 International Music Education Summit Hey, so I’ve been asked to present at the 2018 International Music...

Teaching rock bands in schools is a passion of mine. The kids really gravitate to it and can really impress me. They blow me away at...

Here is a PDF of this blog post (with pictures and easier to print if need be). In other years, I did a lot of explicit rhythm practice...

Lately, at MCS we have been working on learning the guitar. Before this, we had done recorder and many of the students learned what C...