Today on the podcast, I'm giving you Part II from TAP 089: Why You Should Improvise Earlier Than You Think. Today's episode Is all about seeing improvisation in action, and I'm giving you some real strategies to make magic happen in the music room, so that your students can be both literate and fluent musicians. Today on the podcast, you'll hear:

1. Why you should always start with your voice, no matter the concept you're exploring with your students.
2. How to use different modes of active music making in your improvisational sequence.
3. How to lead composition activities both with and without notation.

To check out the full show notes for today's episode, head to anacrusic.com/90

Links mentioned on today's podcast:

• TAP 089: Why You Should Improvise Earlier Than You Think
• TAP 027: Orff-Schulwerk with Julie Scott
• A Composition Sequence for the Elementary Music Classroom (Blog Post)
• Apple Tree Improvisation Manipulatives

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