A great big thank you to my teaching colleagues on LinkedIn for sharing their favorite music websites:
Singer in a Band Workshop Musings
My vocal coach, Sherry Kennedy, convinced me to take the Singer in a Band workshop she ran last week. Shortly after the singing workshop began, I thought, "What on earth was I thinking? Why did I pick two songs I don't know very well? Why did I pick a song in Spanish?"
Bringing the Groove Back into Music Studies with Pattern Play
Yesterday, ARMTA Calgary hosted a workshop on Pattern Play with piano pedagogue Forrest Kinney. He and his wife Akiko developed this extremely aural-kinesthetic approach to music playing.
Using the Camera During Music Lessons
Your Child's Progress - A "Note" to Music Parents
One of my teaching colleagues, Shelagh McKibbon of Brockville, ON, shared this little gem on an online piano pedagogy discussion group. She gives this to her piano parents part way through the year - when parents start to ask how quickly their child should be progressing.