Tag: woodwind methods
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Principles for teaching woodwind methods
If you are teaching a woodwind methods course, you might be interested in my book.I teach a woodwind methods course at my university. This class (sometimes known as “woodwind techniques” or “class woodwinds”) is for music education majors. It’s a kind of crash course in the woodwind instruments (flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, and saxophone) in …
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Teaching a college woodwind methods course
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in EducationIf you’re scrambling to prepare a new woodwind methods course, here are a few resources.
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Observing woodwind playing objectively
If you are teaching a woodwind methods course, you might be interested in my book.I have my woodwind methods classes do a lot of observing of woodwind playing. They comment on each other’s woodwind playing in class, write concert/recital reports, and make written comments on each other’s playing exams (for my eyes only). This is …
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Sample woodwind methods syllabus
If you are teaching a woodwind methods course, you might be interested in my book.Shortly before the beginning of fall and spring semesters, I usually get a few emails from new university professors and adjuncts looking for advice and resources on teaching woodwind methods courses. I’m happy to hear from folks, but thought it might …
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Connecting observations to techniques
For instrumental music teachers’ feedback to be useful, it needs to connect an observation to a technique.
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New book! Woodwind Basics: Core concepts for playing and teaching flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, and saxophone
I’m pleased to announce the release of my book, Woodwind Basics: Core concepts for playing and teaching flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, and saxophone. I wrote it with woodwind methods/techniques classes in mind, but I think it also works well as a reference for private teachers at any level, or for woodwind players, especially woodwind doublers.
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Concept-based woodwind methods
If you are teaching a woodwind methods course, you might be interested in my book.Most college students studying instrumental music education have to take a woodwind “methods” course, a sort of crash course in teaching the woodwind instruments. I have taught woodwind methods classes for about the past ten years. A typical approach is to divide …
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Student-selected online woodwind pedagogy articles, 2016 edition
What I want my class to get from the assignment is a sense of how to sift through the information (“information”) available online, taking into account the author’s credentials or sources, a common-sense evaluation of ideas, and applicability to a particular teaching situation. Be careful out there.
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Things you need to cover in woodwind methods class
If you are teaching a woodwind methods course, you might be interested in my book.A few years back I posted a rant about non-mission-critical information in woodwind methods textbooks. This is a course primarily for instrumental music majors, who will go on to become school band or orchestra directors, and who need a crash course …
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Student-selected online woodwind pedagogy articles
To be clear, I’m a lover of libraries, and for me there’s no question that there are tremendously valuable resources there that are not available online (yet?). But it seemed like time to experiment with embracing an online approach to the assignment.