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Thoughts on Concert Programing or All You Need to Know about Planning Your Concert
As a young band director, one of my many challenges was how to program for concerts. Being in a small Midwestern high school with a strong and dominant jazz program, planning the concert band concerts was more difficult than I had anticipated. First of all, the concert band instrumentation was far from balanced. With the…
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Five Strong Reasons Music Education Works For Our Students
Five Strong Reasons Music Education Works For Our Students Recently I read a very interesting article detailing the importance of school band programs and their positive effect on the overall student academic achievement and social development. Even though this article is focused on band programs, the information can be applied to any school arts program.…
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The inspiration for for my Boom™ Cards
The inspiration “boom” for my Boom™ Cards It was the summer of 2020. During a FaceTime call with Diana, a fellow music teacher and coworker of my wife, we were discussing the challenges of trying to teach music classes virtually during the COVID pandemic. One of her frustrations was trying to teach rhythms to her…
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Things I Should Have Learned in College but Didn’t
Things I Should Have Learned in College but Didn’t When I graduated with a BA in Music Education I was sure I was ready to take on any band program out there. I came from a small but strong band program. My band teacher was a great musician, patient, firm and fundamentals based. My undergrad…
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Hello!
Hello! My name is Tim Baldwin. Thank you for visiting my WordPress site. I was an instrumental music teacher for over 40 years and have directed Concert, Pep, Jazz and Marching Bands as well as directing Musical Pit Orchestras and teaching Music Theory. Oh yes, I also have been the set, lighting and sound designer…
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DIGITAL PRODUCTS, Ideas and anecdotes from a seasoned music educator
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