Beyond the Notes: Empowering Musicians Through the Power of Audiation
A friend recently confided that he regrets giving up piano. He’d love to start again, he said, but remembers it being impossibly difficult—not the playing
March 10, 2025
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Understanding and Supporting the Changing Voice in Middle School Students
Working with middle school singers means guiding them through a period of significant vocal changes. As students enter adolescence, both boys and girls experience changes
October 28, 2024
Rhythm Circle (warm-up game)
The Rhythm Circle is a fun and interactive warm-up game that helps students develop their rhythmic skills and promotes collaboration in the music classroom. Here’s
May 28, 2023
Rhythmic Opposites (Warmup Game)
About the Game This music game is perfect for choir rehearsals, band rehearsals, and music classes. It takes 5 to 10 minutes to play and
May 30, 2022
Audiation – thinking in sound
Audiation is the process of both mentally hearing and understanding music, even when no music is present. In essence, audiation is thinking in music or
January 13, 2019
Success with the Total Fun games in your classroom
Trying to teach and play an entire activity from Total Fun in the space of one lesson is a bad idea and is likely to take the
January 13, 2019
Beyond the Notes: Empowering Musicians Through the Power of Audiation
dwicks March 10, 2025
A friend recently confided that he regrets giving up piano. He’d love to start again, he said, but remembers it being impossibly difficult—not the playing
Understanding and Supporting the Changing Voice in Middle School Students
dwicks October 28, 2024
Working with middle school singers means guiding them through a period of significant vocal changes. As students enter adolescence, both boys and girls experience changes
Rhythm Circle (warm-up game)
dwicks May 28, 2023
The Rhythm Circle is a fun and interactive warm-up game that helps students develop their rhythmic skills and promotes collaboration in the music classroom. Here’s
Rhythmic Opposites (Warmup Game)
dwicks May 30, 2022
About the Game This music game is perfect for choir rehearsals, band rehearsals, and music classes. It takes 5 to 10 minutes to play and
Audiation – thinking in sound
dwicks January 13, 2019
Audiation is the process of both mentally hearing and understanding music, even when no music is present. In essence, audiation is thinking in music or
Success with the Total Fun games in your classroom
dwicks January 13, 2019
Trying to teach and play an entire activity from Total Fun in the space of one lesson is a bad idea and is likely to take the
Games in the Classroom
dwicks January 13, 2019
Play is an inherent human trait. People of all ages love to play games for the simple reason that they are fun! Consider such diverse
Body Percussion
dwicks January 13, 2019
Percussion sounds are produced when a player hits, scrapes, rubs or shakes an instrument to produce vibrations. The same techniques can be applied to the
