Introducing Open Broadcasting Software and Friends, read in all its glorious formatted goodness here, with pictures! Hello again dear readers, I hope this finds you well sprung, enjoying the promise of an outdoor and intermingled life soon if not already. Whatever may come of our slow, society wide emergence from the caves we call home, […]
What I Love About Teaching Online
(first published by the WSMTA publication ‘The Clarion’, February 2021) I’ll be the first to admit that the transition to teaching online has been anything but easy. I sauntered into March with lots of big plans that had next to nothing to do with technology of any kind. I certainly didn’t aspire to take on […]
OMG We Made It: COVID Edition
Hooray and congratulations!!! As the uninitiated may imagine, bodily proximity has historically been a pretty key facet of any music instruction. As the novel coronavirus descended upon us, unceremoniously banning the most basic element of ‘the music lesson’, the hopes and dreams of music students and teachers alike cried out as one. Rather than admit […]
Falling Leaves; New Horizons!
Hello everybody! The fall has gotten off to a tremendous start, with lots of exciting new challenges and opportunities. Chief amongst them has been the broadening age range of my students, my experience putting on monthly group classes, and my efforts to make a conduit that provides for more regular updates (aka sure, I guess […]
Welcome back, let’s practice!
Salutations all as we head into the fall! I’m very excited to welcome new and returning students as we begin our new semester with triple (!!!) the student base, all eager to explore our wonderful world of music. Between a funeral march for a wedding, a synth player expanding their digital skills, my first student […]
Summer Recital, New Students, and a Conference!
Hey everybody, what a great year! We had a lovely recital at the end of June, many thanks to performers and attendees. It was an absolute pleasure to host/see/perform, and I’ve included a link to (at least, for now) my performance below, replete with its hiccups. To everyone who finished books this year, found new […]