Music Alone Shall Live is a German Folk Song and is based on a German Canon called Die Musici. This diatonic piece works well for singing in a round or playing on pitched percussion instruments. There are also several different choral arrangements for this piece,...
It’s Thanksgiving week for those of us in the states. Like most people, I’ll be eating way more than I should and feeling grateful for friends, family, and and home-made desserts. All of this is to say that I won’t be publishing my usual fare this...
Puppets are a fantastic tool for the elementary music classroom. They can be used to teach a variety of concepts, and kids love them. However, the large and fluffy puppets you find online can be expensive and difficult to store if you have limited space. Stick puppets...
Thanksgiving is just around the corner here in the states. So, I did what any food-lover/music teacher is bound to do, I thought of turkey. Today’s post honors that bird with a song that is great for teaching call and response form. CALL AND RESPONSE FORM This...
Don’t recreate the wheel. That’s how I’m approaching today’s blog post on Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker. There are so many amazing ideas out there for teaching The Nutcracker. I felt that the best value for you would be in rounding them all up...
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