I recently saw an advertisement that read, "Smile. It's contagious." And I couldn't help, well, smiling. It's absolutely true and we all know it. So I...

I bet we could come up with a thousand reasons why something we want to do in our classes or rehearsals is impossible, because of the hurdles we'll face...

Do you have a habit you do in rehearsals that you want to break? Engage your students in the effort. Tell them you need their help in trying to break a...

As a teacher, frustrations are inevitable. How we respond to those frustrations are often the measure of who we are – as much as what we do. So when...

I walked into class this morning and wrote these remarkable words on the board. I said nothing about it. I didn’t draw attention to it in any way. I...

Compelling research states that when presenting to a group, we have ten seconds to “grab” their attention. If we don’t, we have probably lost them to...

There is no better feeling than helping our student have a great rehearsal. And I am sure we can all agree that the more prepared we are, the better it...

Recent research tells us that we remember 10% of what we hear. We remember 20% of what we read. But, that if we read it and hear it, we don’t just...

The wonderful old saying prescribes, "Act as if the quality you seek is already within you and it will be." I think that wisdom holds just as true when it...