What a week for the healing power of classical music! Okay, maybe not literally, but I was suffering from a bit of a chest cold last week and after two wonderful orchestra performances in the last 4 days, I am starting to mend. It could have been the extra rest and the chicken noodle soup, yes; or, it could have been the sounds of Rhapsody in Blue or the (fast version) of the Shostakovich 5 finale that rid my lungs of this hostage taking cold.
Showing posts with label Music Education. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Music Education. Show all posts
Monday, November 28, 2011
Monday, May 23, 2011
Glowstick Symphony
Posted on 10:41 AMby Michael Pearson with No comments
The signs that summer vacation is looming are quickly becoming more obvious than those for the failed rapture. I had my final band concert of the year last week and the students (and their teacher) are having a hard time trading their daydreams of golfing and bicycling for reappearing concerns over the intonation issues at m9 of Pomp and Circumstance or the Star Spangled Banner; and who could blame them? The students have been hard at work over the last few weeks and I'm pleased to say that their hard work paid off with their last concert.
Friday, April 8, 2011
Embracing the Dark Side...
(Technology and Music in the 21st century)
Posted on 11:06 AMby Michael Pearson with No comments
It has been a busy week (month?) around the Triton High School band room; this past Wednesday was our conference’s Large Group Music Festival. For those less familiar with the instrumental music realm; “Large Group” is typically the pinnacle point of an ensemble’s yearly performances. Several of my music colleagues and peers may disagree with this on the surface, but underneath it all, we know that this is the one chance many of us get to bring our ensembles into a competition ala football or baseball (excluding any broken bones). Following our competition, I found myself waking on Thursday swearing that it was truly Friday and the rest of the world had it wrong!
Unfortunately, majority still ruled and it was indeed a Thursday.
So today, Friday, looked to be a daunting task; that is, until a little technological fate chimed in…
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
Appeasing the Public
Posted on 1:21 PMby Michael Pearson with 1 comment
To quote Linus VanPelt (of Peanuts fame), "There are three things I've learned to never discuss with people: religion, politics, and the Great Pumpkin". I'm going to try to abandon my own political beliefs on this blog, but it only seems fitting to start this journey with an explanation of one of my favorite hobbies.
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