Saturday, December 19, 2009
Well it is vacation time and I finished my last holiday program on Friday. I am seeing improvements in my students convidence and ability. The music is quite easy for some and some of the advanced I have given a solo or duets. I am reviewing the Pink book to see what I can do to improve the quality of my program. The feedback from some of the teachers and my base school prinicpal has been good so far. When we come back from the Christmas brake, we will be moved into the renovated Dunbar. From what I have been told, the new band room is nice with good storage space. Hopefully I can take the planning day before and create new positive atmosphere for the rest of the year.
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ReplyDeleteI've enjoyed reading through your posts. Looking forward to reading how you have employed some of the Pink concepts into your teaching and what your thoughts are on that. It would be great to bring a concrete example of a lesson that worked with your groups to class to share.
I am preparing for the LGPE and i usually concentrate on the three pieces that I will play for the program. I think the students like the songs I picked out to play, but I mixed up with a piece call Bloosy Woosey that they seem to like and and it uses all the techniques I am trying to get them to play with the festival pieces. They like the song and I use it in conjunction with my festival music. It seem to work. Also some of these students are beginners and the piece really gets them involved. Once you've read the Pink book, it is rather hard to not think about the world around you and students, and my teaching method.
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