October 27th, 2011

Here’s the deal.  Most schools don’t have money for music departments.  But when your piano pedals completely give out on you and you can’t sustain a chord, that’s a problem.  And that happened to me today.  The pedals are on the floor.

Awesome as a vocal teacher since I kinda need that.

I had my music theatre kids create a 2 min video plea to the Glee Give an Note contest to see if we could win some money for our department.  They did an amazing job with writing the script, filming, and editing the video.  I’m sure I’ll have a LONG post about our journey when I have time, but for now PLEASE vote for us.

It doesn’t take any registration.  Literally, just ONE CLICK.

Thanks everyone! :)

July 11th, 2011
Are. You. KIDDING. Me

Are. You. KIDDING. Me

June 26th, 2011

Musae.  My new favorite acappella group.  If you’re a fan of tight harmonies and strong female voices, listen to this.  IMMEDIATELY.

June 20th, 2011

Hey everyone!  So a couple things:

1. I moved in the past couple weeks so I’ve had NO INTERNET.  I mean, I’ve had internet at school, but we all know how much is blocked on the system, including Tumblr.  Luckily, Time Warner is finally coming tomorrow!  Till then, I am currently sitting in Starbucks with my Strawberry Smoothie. :)

2. School is pretty much officially OVER!  I survived my first year!  Look for a post in the nearby future about that.

3.  I’m involved in a lot of acapella.  Like… A LOT more than the average music teacher.  To see what I’ve been doing lately, check out the post below and go download FOR FREE (sleddogstudios.com) our acapella version of “Till the World Ends”.  We made a Britney Spears song cool :)  Download it quickly because it you will have to pay for it soon!

sleddogstudios:

Welcome to the Sled Dog Studios tumblr!

This summer, we’ll be documenting our quest through the “Free Track Friday” project. Every week we will be arranging, recording, editing, mixing, and mastering a new track and releasing it for free each Friday. The following week we will upload the track…

My girls made their color guard shirts for the end of the year. Love this :)

My girls made their color guard shirts for the end of the year. Love this :)

June 3rd, 2011
Middle school concert went great last night!  But I woke up with what I will call a post-concert hangover…minus the alcohol. I don’t usually drink caffeine, but this is my new best friend right now$

Middle school concert went great last night! But I woke up with what I will call a post-concert hangover…minus the alcohol. I don’t usually drink caffeine, but this is my new best friend right now$

June 1st, 2011
My disaster of a desk today consists of: first coffee I’ve had all year, music apprec textbook I’m trying to write a review out of, hall passes everywhere for my kiddies who come during free periods, a color guard pole cap and weight that I need to fix, and some concert music I need to mark up. If this doesn’t tell you what time of year it is, I don’t know what does.

My disaster of a desk today consists of: first coffee I’ve had all year, music apprec textbook I’m trying to write a review out of, hall passes everywhere for my kiddies who come during free periods, a color guard pole cap and weight that I need to fix, and some concert music I need to mark up. If this doesn’t tell you what time of year it is, I don’t know what does.

May 28th, 2011

“It’s not just singing songs all day long”

ghjgjhgujhfkytrytwtqw.  EXACTLY!!!!  I love this teacher.

May 27th, 2011
I’ve never been so excited about a piece of hardware. Finally went to the shop teacher and got the carriage bolts I needed to weight the color guard flags. Only the marching band geeks now how happy this makes me

I’ve never been so excited about a piece of hardware. Finally went to the shop teacher and got the carriage bolts I needed to weight the color guard flags. Only the marching band geeks now how happy this makes me

May 24th, 2011

Glee Finale: Via a Vocal Music Teacher

*SPOILER ALERT*

Here are things that went through my brain as I watched the Glee finale tonight.  Because I judge anything musical related inadvertently.

  • “I hate my kids, I would literally whip them if I could.”  ….yes, we’ve all thought it in different words.  But really?  Don’t say it outloud.
  • Mr. Shu!!!!!  You left you show choir…with no chaperone….in a hotel room in NYC!?  WHAAT!?
  • Oh…you left to sing?  That’s okay then :)

  • Rachel….you RUINED the moment for Finn :(.
  • It’s really ironic that Rachel is singing on the Wicked stage….and Idina Menzel plays her mom on the show.  Mind. Blown.
  • The amount of money one of these show choirs get is 20xs the amount of my entire budget for my 6-12 vocal program.  I’m not even kidding.  Look at those amazing costumes.
  • Does anyone else notice that Rachel always turns her head to the right when she high belts?  Is she just always audiating to one side or something?
  • Ps - I love the original song idea!
  • “Was that scripted?” - HAHA <3
  • Watching this set is just making my brain come up with ideas for next year’s show choir set.
  • They didn’t PLACE!?!?!? What!?

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Not saying I’m too surprised though.  I mean, they’ve been slowly “getting better” every season.  So, I guess we’ll have to wait till next year!