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Season Four Episode 107 Active Listening with Robert Franz Robert Franz Website Stella's Magical Musical Balloon Ride Ted Talk: Active Listening and Our Perception of Time Robert Franz Bio: Acclaimed conductor, Robert Franz, recognized as "an outstanding musician with profound intelligence," has held to three principles throughout his career: a commitment to the highest artistic standards, to creating alliances and building bridges in each community he serves, and a dedication to being a strong force in music education.  As Music Director of the Windsor Symphony Orchestra and Fairbanks Summer Arts Festival Orchestra, Associate Conductor of the Houston Symphony, and newly appointed Artistic Advisor of the Boise Baroque Orchestra, he has achieved success through his focus on each of these principles. His appeal as a first-rate conductor and enthusiastic award-winning educator is acclaimed by critics, composers, and audiences of all ages.  Composer Bright S...

Season Four Episode 98 Music Genre Madness Lesson TRANSCRIPT OF THE SHOW If you are listening in real time, we are at the end of the 2020 school year.  Most of us have only a few weeks left of the school year and we’ve spent several weeks figuring out how to teach music online as a result of school moving to an online platform.  As the year begins to wind down, I’ve been challenged to find meaningful ways for students to interact with music.  One of the most accessible tools for students at home is the ability to listen to music.  I’ve tried to continue to have students creating music, reading rhythms, singing, and composing.  I saw this idea for music madness brackets in a teacher group on Facebook - similar to what is done during the March madness basketball brackets, but using music songs from different genres instead - and loved it.  I have rearranged several of the songs as I wanted to use some of the song material shown on the example onli...

Season Two Episode 47 Classical Music Appreciation for Home and School with RaeAnna Goss RaeAnna Goss is a second generation homeschooler and has been involved in music education since an early teenager.  She began as a piano teacher to neighborhood children and then served as assistant director in the homeschool band which developed a passion for sharing music with others.  Taking that passion further, she studied music education at Lee University and after graduating college spent ten years in the public schools, led workshops for music teachers, and also served as president for her local Orff-Schulwerk chapter.  Since having children, she has been teaching early childhood music classes, mother and baby music classes, homeschool music classes, and piano lessons.  She loves sharing with fellow moms and teachers! Contact Info: Email: raeanna@gmail.com Instagram: @gosshomeschool Facebook: Here Blog: Goss Home Academy   and Composer Study Guide You...