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Pre-Service Music Teacher Education in a Virtual Environment
Mike Lawson | October 28, 2020
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I teach music education and music technology courses at Montclair State University in northern New Jersey. This semester, like at many other colleges and university courses, all of my classes are online. -
Teaching Composition Using Google’s Song Maker
Mike Lawson | October 1, 2020
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Necessity is the mother of invention. Teaching music in a virtual environment can present challenges to the most seasoned educators. Teachers across the country are finding themselves in widely varying classroom situations, sometimes without instruments. As challenging as this new environment may be, it also presents opportunities to explore new and creative ways of making music. -
Starting the (Virtual) School Year With Equity and Trust
Mike Lawson | September 2, 2020
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This school year is starting considerably different than most. When we started our virtual school year in New Orleans this August, I kept hearing the same questions being asked by educators: How do we get to know our students virtually? More importantly, how do we build trust with our students and ensure our classroom is equitable in a virtual format? -
Artist Keynote Highlights from the Virtual Modern Band Summit
Mike Lawson | July 31, 2020
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This past July, Little Kids Rock hosted its first ever Virtual Modern Band Summit, an online conference featuring over 30 breakout sessions, 20 small group discussions, and other great opportunities for professional learning. Chief among these were the four artist keynotes, given by influential popular musicians from the past four decades. -
Virtual Modern Band Summit: A Music Education Conference for the Moment
Mike Lawson | July 15, 2020
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For the past seven years, Little Kids Rock’s Modern Band Summit conference has been a music educator’s one-stop shop for professional learning—a joyful, celebratory affirmation of the core ethos of teaching, and a hotspot for classroom innovation through modern band. So what happens to a conference built on community and togetherness at a time when physical proximity isn’t possible? -
Teaching Modern Band During Quarantine
Mike Lawson | June 15, 2020
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When the coronavirus outbreak sent all teachers home from school to start distance learning, music teachers had to come up with a new game plan, fast. For some, the challenge was figuring out how to have authentic music making experiences with their students online. For others, it was simply finding out if and how they could communicate with students at all. -
Online Resources for Modern Band
Mike Lawson | April 30, 2020As we all enter into the second month of engaging with students online, some of the challenges and opportunities of virtual teaching have come to the forefront.
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Modern Band Resources for Distance Teaching
Mike Lawson | March 27, 2020
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As music teachers, we are currently facing a time of incredible challenges that require us to rethink how we continue to work with and care for the students we serve. -
Modern Band for Local Culture: Hawaii’s Kerri Glickstein
Mike Lawson | March 3, 2020
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Kerri Glickstein teaches concert and modern band at Lāna’I High & Elementary School in Lāna’i City, Hawaii. -
Preparing for the All National Modern Band
Mike Lawson | February 6, 2020
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In last month’s issue of School Band and Orchestra, we looked at the amazing students that made up the All National Honors Ensemble for modern band and had them tell us their insights to what they gained from the experience. -
NAfME’s All-National Honor Modern Band Ensemble
Mike Lawson | January 10, 2020
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For the past decade, the National Association for Music Education (NAfME) has highlighted performances of some of the country’s best student performers as part of their All-National Honors Ensembles (ANHE). -
Mike Finn: Teaching Students to Record the Songs They Write
Mike Lawson | December 5, 2019
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Over the past 16 years, Michael Finn has created a unique and special songwriting course that he teaches at a high school in Los Angeles.
