Today is the birthday of Abigail Adams, wife of founding father John Adams. Ever since reading David McCullough’s book John Adams, I have been fascinated and inspired by this beautiful woman. Abigail was beautiful, witty and incredibly intelligent as evidenced […]
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This is Part 2 of our interview with composer Mona Rejino. Read Part 1 here. 6. When you arrange a popular piece, do you use sheet music and re-score it, or do you listen to it and transcribe it? Both
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Thank you to everyone who sent in questions for our featured composer, Mona Rejino, to answer. Such wonderful, thoughtful inquiries were submitted and I was able to group many of them together based on their subjects, making it easier for
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I know that I am not alone when I say that Dr. Seuss was a brilliant writer and illustrator of children’s books. I’ve always enjoyed reading his books to children and my fascination with sounds makes it all the more
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Last week, I gave away the first of my erasable highlighters to 3 students who showed me that they were consistently “practicing smartly.” You can read more about how I structured this mini-incentive program here. I’m really excited about this
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Recently, I read an article on the Psychology Today website called, “How to be Creative: Can Creativity be Taught?” Though the article had some useful suggestions, something bothered me about this title. I realized that the reason I don’t
Recently, I gave a workshop in Wichita called “Nurturing Creativity and Inspiration.” I shared about how to be more creative in teaching and how to find that elusive concept of inspiration. Though I cannot condense a 2 hour workshop into
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Thank you for coming to the “Nurturing Creativity and Inspiration” workshop today at Senseney! I really appreciate you taking the time to come and I hope you went away with something useful. I wanted to share more details about a
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Here is the final portion of “The Myths of Playing by Ear” by Bradley Sowash. Read Part 1 and Part 2. Myth #4 Improvising is only for jazz musicians. This one is easy to dispute. Playing by ear is downright
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Here is Part 2 of “The Myths of Playing by Ear” by Bradley Sowash. Read Part 1 here. Myth #3 Only experts can teach ear skills. The biggest obstacle for students seeking ear skills is finding instruction. To illustrate this, let me
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The Great Fuzzy Event of 2026!
You will not believe what we released at this premier event! Four new Fuzzies solos, a new and FREE incentive program, summer ideas, new resources and so much more! Even the replay is super fun!
