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I talked about how I use the Myers-Briggs in my choral conducting class earlier this week.   I thought I would share a little more – Here is an overview I gave to my students about the Myers-Briggs (see below).  If you are interested in finding out what your personality type is, take the test on […]

I cover two concepts in my choral conducting class that are not about conducting.  One is the Myers-Briggs personality test, the other is the Seven Habits of Highly Effective people.     First, I have all my students take the Myers Briggs personality test and read about themselves.  My theory is this – we can't […]

I'm not sure if Adele is the best voice of this generation, but I really like the way she sings!   Listen to Adele here if you don't know who we are talking about:       Thanks, A Cappella News, for all the great leads.

I had the opportunity to present a technology session at the Southern ACDA Conference at a roundtable.   Afterwards, Pat Boozer talked to me about her creations for choral music educators:  StaffWriter and SingASign.   Read about them here:   StaffWriter is a basic music font for making tests, activity pages, games, music dictionaries, PPT […]

Congratulations to Eric Whitacre for winning the grammy this year.       For those who have trouble with embedded video.

Continuing on the theme from yesterday:    

I found this on A Cappella News:    

Attending the Southwestern ACDA division conference last week, I learned of a need and an opportunity for young men that have sung in a national or divisional ACDA honor choir over the past two years, or were selected to sing at the 2011 ACDA National Conference.    Simon Carrington, one of the original King Singers, […]

If you are working with colleagues that are hesitant immigrants into today's digital learning environment and networking, the following thoughts are offered toward moving closer to be part of the history of the future. As those of us digital immigrants work alongside digital natives, we can become more comfortable in this new culture and communication […]

TEDx talks are independently-organized versions of TED talks. This one details the experience of Hussein Janmohamed, a conductor/composer who grew up Muslim in Canada. His compositions are inspired by his Muslim heritage.     For the embedded-impaired: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0q0buX3fmM