 Teaching music online may not sound like the easiest thing to do. How do you engage students? How do you help them solve problems when you’re not there with them? How can you show them examples when you’re limited to a tiny little screen? While there are some obstacles that we may encounter, there are a variety of benefits that actually make it so that you are able to create meaningful connections with students.
Now, sometimes, it is not an easy feat as we deal with a variety of different students. There are some students that take online music classes because they were ‘voluntold’. However, there are students who are genuinely interested and if you are able to create a meaningful connection, they will stay with you.
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 Being able to create meaningful connections through music has always been important for me in my life. I remember the first time I was able to make someone smile by playing a piece that reminded them of something they had gone through recently or being able to inspire joy through sound. ‘El Sistema’ was one of the first musical projects that combined the idea of performance with social impact, which has since become a world phenomenon. I had learned a great deal about its benefits while I had worked for the Philharmonie de Paris Projet Demos that was inspired by the teaching principles of ‘El Sistema’. Throughout the time I worked there, I had worked with great colleagues who helped guide me through the process, the importance of knowing each child’s individual story and why they were there, and have firsthand experience in helping facilitate community building with children who came from difficult home situations.
 Choosing a used clarinet can be a difficult and frustrating process. Unlike choosing a new instrument, used clarinets have had previous owners. It is important to have an idea of how long the instrument has been played and how the instrument has been maintained.
For first time buyers, shop around to see the different price options instead of purchasing the first instrument that appears to be the most inexpensive. Used instruments can be either purchased in a local music store or online. While purchasing an instrument online may be the most convenient and appear to be a better deal, it is more than likely that additional investments in repairs to the instrument will be needed if it has not been tested by the buyer. It is best to try to find a shop that is very selective in the used instruments they offer. One example of a shop that does this can be found here.  When we think about an orchestra, there are many different types of instruments that create sound together. One of the instrument families that we are going to discuss today are woodwind instruments. Woodwind instruments are part of the larger family classified as wind instruments, which include the flute, oboe, clarinet, saxophone, and bassoon. Let’s learn more about what each instrument does in this week’s guide.
 To find the best clarinet ligature for your instrument, it is important to consider the following factors when purchasing one: type of clarinet, the desired sound that you want to achieve, inverted or standard, price, and flexibility. Selecting a clarinet ligature can be a complicated process that involves experimenting with different types and brands until you find the one that fits your style of playing. In this week’s guide we’re going to discuss how to pick a clarinet ligature.
 Did you ever struggle with ear-training? Has it always felt like it was a type of endless chore that you were assigned? Have you been finding it difficult to practice and unsure of where to begin? The different technologies that are available to us have made it possible for us to be able to learn anything online. In this article, I’m going to discuss a hybrid model that allows students to not only use traditional materials but also fun interactive ways that allow them to develop the skills to become self-sufficient so that they are able to approach the exercises independently.
 There are many benefits to learning music that can have a positive change in your life. Besides relieving stress, it also improves your health, enhances cognitive function, allows deeper appreciation for music, and motivation to learn music. The following guide includes eight tips to learning music and its benefits.
 We always want to find different ways to improve our clarinet playing, but sometimes we live such busy lives that it can even be a struggle to fit in a couple of minutes to practice. With the large number of school subjects’ and enrichment activities students are expected to take, it can also be exhausting even finding the motivation to practice the moment you have some free time on your hands. Throughout this guide, we’ll walk through step by step some tips that you can use to help improve your clarinet playing.
 Throughout their early education, children are taught basic subjects like math and science to help them better understand the world around them. Artistic courses were often deemed less important, despite exposing children to a new realm of interests. This is where The Music and Language Learning Center, or the MLLC, comes in.
The MLLC provides a wide variety of courses regarding the study of music, along with three language classes: French, Spanish, and Portuguese. All levels of education are welcome; in other words, no prior experience is needed to take these courses. Each course is held online with three different types of classes: flexible, multi-day, and private tutoring, or one-on-one. Flexible courses do not meet live and are instead taught through assignments. Multi-day courses meet at scheduled times over a period, and private tutoring is individual teaching.  Conducting can be a tricky business. It’s not only about learning the score, indicating instrumental entrances, or even beating the time. You must be able to understand the people that you’re working with and through that type of understanding of how to approach them whether they are beginners or even professionals, which requires a level of awareness when understanding the ensemble, you’re working with.
Throughout my career, I've witnessed many different types of conductors - inspiring ones, angry ones, funny ones, and bad ones, but they all have one thing in common: they have the courage and tenacity to be able to stand in front of a group of people to communicate their ideas using musical gestures. One of the biggest lessons that I learned throughout my own formation is being able to develop the skills and knowledge to make sure that I have the confidence to stand in front of people and express my ideas through my gestures. There are a lot of conductors out there that talk about butterflies and make comparisons of sound to nature. While it may be useful to make these types of associations with younger ensembles, professionals really don’t care. What would they want is: Do you want it louder or softer? In this article, I’ll walk you through a couple of basic beat patterns that will help you be able to get started. Keep in mind, that the most important thing is to make sure that the gesture does not happen in real-time, if that is the case, that means that you’re following the ensemble, not actually leading it. There is a great exercise in anticipating the beat that my old mentor and teacher, Dominique Rouits, from École Normale de Musique taught me. What you would need to do is to turn on the metronome at 60 and conduct ahead of the beat. This is a really great way of being able to not only practice a variety of beat patterns but also be able to integrate the sensation of what one should feel when they are leading the ensemble vs. following them. |
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