Why the First 2 Months of Being a Music Parent are the Most Important
I often observe that many parents hold some age-old assumption that musical talent is God-given or inherited, but let’s be clear: everyone possesses musical talent to some degree. I believe the high attrition rate of students between the first and second year of...
Developing a Practice Routine: Do You Want to Be Good or An Expert?
As we saw in Part 2, deliberate practice means nothing more than to practice with purpose and a specific direction. This term and area of research was pioneered by researcher K. Anders Ericsson and was the first major change-up in common thought regarding what...
Developing A Practice Routine: Focused Learning and Deliberate Practice
If you missed part 1 of this series, “Do Practice Time Lengths Matter?” here it is!In part 1 of this series, we discussed why long, open-ended practice sessions — longer than 90 minutes — can detract from your students’ learning. Remember that it’s important to...
Developing A Practice Routine: Do Practice Time Lengths Matter?
For musicians, practice is a must. Learning music is a skill and, like any skill, it needs to be developed properly. However, practice doesn’t need to be difficult and it doesn’t need to be something to moan and groan over! Are long practices a bad thing? Not...
Moving Away From Perfectionism In Music Education
If you teach older students in your private studio, you might have noticed the same thing that I have: these students often want to be perfect. While I first noticed this in some of my adult students, I’ve observed it in some of my teenaged students, too. And I don’t...
About Academic Alliance
Involvement in school music provides experiences that only participants can fully understand. Those experiences help forge a common bond through music. If you have been fortunate enough to share such experiences, you are what we call “banded.”
We also use BANDED to describe the COMMUNITY that includes Music Educators, Students of all Ages, Band Parents, Professional Performers, Hobbyist Musicians, School Music Dealers, and Instrument Manufacturers such as ourselves.
At the very foundations of this community, we recognize the importance of the important symbiotic relationship between School Music Programs, School Music Dealers, and the Instrument Manufacturer. In order to foster this connection, we have developed the KHS America Academic Alliance.
We look forward to the evolution of this exciting program, and welcome feedback on how we can further enhance the work that you do in music education.
We are excited to offer your program the opportunity to join the KHS America Academic Alliance today.
We look forward to the evolution of this exciting program, and welcome feedback on how we can further enhance the work that you do in music education.
We are excited to offer your program the opportunity to join the KHS America Academic Alliance today.