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Alfred Music, the world leader in educational print music publishing since 1922, is proud to announce the release of an incredible and mindful resource, A Music Teacher’s Gratitude Journal: Creative Prompts to Nurture Joy, Reduce Stress, and Reflect on Your Teaching.
The ability to experience thankfulness and joy can be developed, and the practice of keeping a gratitude journal will help. This guided process of self-reflection invites educators to focus on the positive aspects of being a teacher, musician, and human being.
A Music Teacher’s Gratitude Journal is offered in a flexible format, which allows for entries on any schedule or frequency. It’s a personal resource that will remind users what’s truly important and inspire positive change in their life and work. It includes inspiring quotes, habit trackers for gauging progress, and simple yet insightful writing prompts that guide appreciation, reflect on teaching, and ignite the joy of making music.
A Music Teacher’s Gratitude Journal is available for $24.99 at music retail stores, online retailers, and alfred.com.
ABOUT ALFRED MUSIC
Alfred Music, the leader in music education for nearly 100 years, produces educational, reference, pop, and performance materials for teachers, students, professionals, and hobbyists spanning every musical instrument, style, and difficulty level.
Since 1922, Alfred Music has been dedicated to helping people learn, teach, and play music. Alfred Music currently has over 150,000 active titles and represents a wide range of well-known publications—from methods like Alfred’s Basic Guitar, Alfred’s Basic Piano Library, Premier Piano Course, Sound Innovations, and Suzuki, to artists like Bruce Springsteen, Led Zeppelin, The Rolling Stones, and The Who, to brands like Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, Star Wars, The Wizard of Oz, Rolling Stone magazine, and Billboard.
In addition to its own titles, Alfred Music distributes products from over 150 companies, including advance music, Belwin, Dover Publications, Drum Channel, Edwin F. Kalmus, LudwigMasters Publications and their affiliated catalogs, Faber Music, Highland/Etling, Jamey Aebersold Jazz, Kalmus, MakeMusic, Penguin, and WEA.
Alfred Music is now also paired with MakeMusic, which is part of Peaksware Holdings, LLC portfolio of companies, to transform how music is composed, published, taught, learned, and performed by bringing together the leaders in educational music publishing and music technology.