Courage is defined as “the quality of mind or spirit that enables a person to face difficulty, danger, or pain, without fear.” Life is filled with moments where each one of us is faced with a choice to step out of our comfort zone and be brave. Sometimes life forces these moments upon us such […]
Another year is past and a new year is here! I always like the beginning of a new year – completely blank pages that we can fill with our hopes and dreams. So many of us make many resolutions and goals, only to keep them for a few weeks, then return to our old habits […]
I just love Christmas music! Even though I start to look for new Christmas arrangements or write Christmas music and programs in June to plan ahead for choir and school, I still love singing the songs in December! Christmas music strikes such an emotion of happy memories for me when singing “Joy to the World”, […]
I love this time of year, but it gets a bit crazy with all of the special holidays colliding in the fall. We go from Halloween to Veterans Day to Thanksgiving to Christmas and then on to a New Year! Wow – I get a bit of whiplash trying to keep up with programs, lessons, […]
Every school year I enjoy helping my students prepare for a Veterans Day program. We spend time learning many wonderful patriotic songs such as “Three Cheers for the Red, White and Blue”, “You’re a Grand Old Flag”, as well as the military themes for all 5 branches of the military. I wrote a song called […]
The dictionary defines a shadow as, “a dark figure or image cast on the ground or some surface by a body intercepting light.” Shadows are such an interesting phenomena! What is it about seeing our shadow cast that makes us want to make hand puppets, dance or shiver in the night with fright? Shadows are the ideas for songs, movies, books, and even puppets! When our youngest daughter Caitlyn was one year […]
I grew up around music and pianos. I fondly remember a old upright piano in our dining room that Mom gave piano lessons on. When I was just a small child, I would sit on the floor in the living room playing with dolls, while Mom gave lessons. When at age 4 I began to […]
Make new friends, But keep the old, One is silver and the other gold! Friends are one of the most important choices we make in life. The above picture is of a group of girls I grew up with. We have sung together our whole lives! My Mom organized our first singing group when we […]
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Every year I teach my music classes Super power words throughout the school year that help them in every day life situations. We start the school year with the word and song Organization. After a summer of a relaxed and varied schedule, it takes teachers and students a while to get back into an organized routine. The song Organization is […]
This summer the movies “Wonder Woman” and “Spider Man, Homecoming” were some of the block buster hits. Cartoonist Stan Lee and The Marvel Entertainment Company have created many super heroes that possess a variety of super strengths. Many of us are enamored with these super heroes who possess amazing powers! It’s fun to think […]
My students, Grades 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 at Lincoln Elementary presented a Japan program. I have been teaching my students about Japan’s culture and music in conjunction with my Lilly grant over the past year. I spent almost 6 weeks last summer traveling across the country via trains, planes and buses seeing Japan’s beautiful […]
I was a HUGE fan of the show “What Not to Wear”. The premise of the show was to help someone who was “fashionably challenged” and help them find the full potential to look their best. Hosts Stacey London and Clinton Kelly were masters at helping the guest find clothing to complement their body type. […]