Category Archives: Practice

Street Musicians need to practice, too!

The satirical website the Onion  has done it again!  Here’s some inspiration for all of us in the practicing trenches.  Enjoy!! Street Musician’s Mother Really On His Case About Practicing His Buckets    

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NYSSMA Fail

I’ve heard a number of disturbing stories from the NYSSMA Festival that happened at AMD Middle School in Ossining, NY, on April 26 & 27.  I was not there, and did not witness them in person, but my students were … Continue reading

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NYSSMA Statistics

The annual spring NYSSMA Solo festival is four weeks away, and at the risk of being a killjoy I wanted to put things in perspective for my flute students.  Last year in the state of New York, 337 flute students … Continue reading

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Music Staff Practice

Happy New Year!  I was talking with a student today about memorizing the lines and spaces of the musical staff.   All my tried and true methods to teach weren’t working, so I decided to do some sleuthing online.  I … Continue reading

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More thoughts on Practicing and Studying

Attention students: you may have thought I was crazy when I have you play mock auditions for me, but there is scientific evidence to back me up that this works!  The Wall Street Journal’s article “Toughest Exam Question: What is … Continue reading

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