Category Archives: Education

Why Low Cost Musical Instruments May NOT Be Such A Bad Thing

Posted on April 20, 2012 by Chad Criswell

If you are a public school band director you have to face the facts.  No matter what you say, no matter how you say it, you will still wind up with inferior quality instruments being brought into your band rehearsals. … Continue reading →

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Why Low Cost Musical Instruments May NOT Be Such A Bad Thing

Posted on April 20, 2012 by Chad Criswell

If you are a public school band director you have to face the facts.  No matter what you say, no matter how you say it, you will still wind up with inferior quality instruments being brought into your band rehearsals. … Continue reading →

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Our school featured in a national band magazine!

Posted on April 9, 2012 by Paul Shimmons

It was through this blog I believe that I was contacted a while back about being featured in the SBO Magazine. They were interested in including us in a technology focused issue. Little did I know HOW featured! My kids … Continue reading →

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A PLASTIC Trombone? Right!

Posted on April 7, 2012 by News & Blogs - Music Education Magic

Okay, I know the physics says that you can make a brass instrument out of pretty much any resonating tube, but the idea of playing on a piece of PVC pipe just bugs me….  Today I stopped into my local … Continue reading →

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A PLASTIC Trombone? Right!

Posted on April 7, 2012 by Chad Criswell

Okay, I know the physics says that you can make a brass instrument out of pretty much any resonating tube, but the idea of playing on a piece of PVC pipe just bugs me….  Today I stopped into my local … Continue reading →

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A PLASTIC Trombone? Right!

Posted on April 7, 2012 by Chad Criswell

Okay, I know the physics says that you can make a brass instrument out of pretty much any resonating tube, but the idea of playing on a piece of PVC pipe just bugs me….  Today I stopped into my local … Continue reading →

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A PLASTIC Trombone? Right!

Posted on April 7, 2012 by Chad Criswell

Okay, I know the physics says that you can make a brass instrument out of pretty much any resonating tube, but the idea of playing on a piece of PVC pipe just bugs me…. Today I stopped into my local … Continue reading →

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A PLASTIC Trombone? Right!

Posted on April 7, 2012 by Chad Criswell

Okay, I know the physics says that you can make a brass instrument out of pretty much any resonating tube, but the idea of playing on a piece of PVC pipe just bugs me…. Today I stopped into my local … Continue reading →

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The MusicPLN.org is DEAD, Long Live the MusicPLN.org!

Posted on April 5, 2012 by J. Pisano

I have an announcement to make and it’s not one that I’ve made lightly or without a tremendous amount of …

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iTunes musicteachers911 podcast closing up shop June 30, 2012

Posted on March 28, 2012 by Larry Marra of musicteachers911.com

June 30, 2012 will be the last day that episodes of iTunes musicteachers911 podcast will be available. Sadly, other pressing obligations have made producing episodes on a regular basis an impossibility. Episode #1 premiered on June 7, 2008 including an … Continue reading →

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iTunes musicteachers911 podcast closing up shop June 30, 2012

Posted on March 28, 2012 by Larry Marra of musicteachers911.com

June 30, 2012 will be the last day that episodes of iTunes musicteachers911 podcast will be available. Sadly, other pressing obligations have made producing episodes on a regular basis an impossibility. Episode #1 premiered on June 7, 2008 including an … Continue reading →

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Talking with the Tech Department at School

Posted on March 23, 2012 by Paul Shimmons

You should make friends with the school custodians and secretaries. That was advice from my college prof. I would add to that lost the school tech crew now that we live with the amount of tech that we do. I … Continue reading →

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