Archive for the ‘education’ Category
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Current Projects
FYI, I know I’ve fallen off the face of the earth when it comes to this blog. I’ve been working on a few new projects.
In response to Elder Ballard’s address at graduation for BYU-H, I have begun a new podcast, Why am I a Mormon? with a very easy URL - WhyAmIaMormon.com
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battling “that’s a cool chord” syndrome
One of the joys of composition and arrangement is discovering beautiful sounds and placing them in a usable form. I love to sit at the piano and play various combinations of notes, writing down the most unique for later use. However, this activity can lead to “That’s a Cool Chord” Syndrome, or TCCS.
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student teaching moment
In Kindergarten
[Note: "La Fiesta de la Posada" is a song about the festival celebrating Mary and Joseph looking for a room at the inn.]
Me: We’re singing a song called “La Fiesta de la Posada.” What’s a fiesta?
Kids: A party!
I went to a fiesta once!
And you hit the thing with the candy. . .
etc.
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a student teaching moment
Me: Let’s see a straight, quiet line here.
Little Girl (in second grade): I work out every day, and I go to Karate.
I want to say: Are you threatening me?
Or: Big deal! I do Sudoku all the time.
Or: Why don’t you go out to the playground and practice some of those moves on one particular trouble-making classmate?
But I really say: That’s nice! We [...] -
Colombia
I just returned from a fantastic week in Colombia. Yes, that Colombia. I participated with a choir from our university in an international festival of sacred music during Holy Week. It was fantastic. I will not give an extensive travelogue at this point - I will only say that there are two Colombias: the one [...]