“There is no feeling in a human heart which exists in that heart alone – which is not, in some form or degree, in every heart”. George MacDonald I first heard ” Tune to your Trios” during an Onondaga County Music Educators Association (OCMEA) High School Music Festival many years ago. The guest director asked […]
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Leading Voices: “What Would it Look Like?”
What Would it Look Like? This was the heading of the activity I distributed to my SATB Concert Choir for the last period of the day, on Friday, March 13th. Earlier that same day, we found out that due to the COVID-19 outbreak: The District Vocal Concert on Wednesday, 3/18 was postponed, The High School […]
Leading Voices: Seeing with New Eyes
“The real act of discovery consists not in finding new lands but seeing with new eyes”. Marcel Proust This past weekend here at Marcellus High School, we presented the musical KISS ME, KATE. The cast, crew, and pit did an outstanding job – what a challenging book! As we prepared for the Saturday matinee, the […]
Leading Voices: Self-Generation
“We first make our habits, and then our habits make us.” John Dryden “Another Op’nin, Another Show” It’s that time of year here in Central New York – musical season. Each year it always amazes me how the talented and dedicated students and a team of directors turn books full of words and music into […]
Leading Voices: Becoming a Student of Reorganization and Adaptation
“It is much more difficult to reorganize the brain than it is to organize it in the first place. Organization inhibits reorganization”. Jane M. Healy The week of February 17 – 21 was winter break for many schools here in the Central New York area. During the break, I attended and presented a session for the […]
Leading Voices: The Paradox of Learning
“ . . a student cannot at first understand what he needs to learn, can learn it only by educating himself, and can educate himself only by beginning to do what he does not yet understand”. Educating the Reflective Practitioner, Donald A. Schon (P.93) When I first read this quote, I had to go back […]