Thanksgiving episode where I express my gratitude for the music teachers who have inspired me and helped me on my path.

Cat Woo works for the Albuquerque Public School District in New Mexico.  This means that she is an itinerant teacher who has taught at 6 different schools in the past 8 years.  Using the opportunity to reinvent herself every year, she experiments with different teaching methods to find out what works for her and her style of teaching.

Simon Faulkner shares how he learned to break through cultural barriers and connect with people using hand drums.

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Laura Eberhardt shares how it is important to create a safe space in Middle School Band for students to be comfortable with being a beginner and why it is important for the educator to also put themselves in positions of learning something new to remember what it's like to be a beginner.

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Jessica Baudin-Griffin, the creator and founder of the Intellidance Method, shares how she pursued her dream of owning her own dance studio and then how she developed the Intellidance Teaching Method.  Her creative spirit and desire to continually learn has helped her to try new things and keep her work progressing.

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Other resources mentioned:

Brain Dance by Anne Green Gilbert

Amazing Babies Moving Book by Beverly Stokes

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Dr. Hardaway shares more about his experience with the Texas Children's Choir.  He also gives great advice on asking yourself if what you are doing matters and to worry about having everything ready to start something.  Just do it.

Dr. Hardaway shares how his passion for music and teaching children as a hobby while serving as a doctor in the United States Army, led him to start the internationally acclaimed Texas Children's Choir. Part one of two.

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Anne Mileski, the host of The Anacrusic Podcast, shares her story and enthusiasm for music education and helping music educators.  She is a self proclaimed "pedagogy nerd" and has a wealth of training and experience.  Anne shares how by being purposeful, sequential, and joyful, you can be your best music teacher self and love every moment you spend making music with kids.

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Barbara Benecke shares her experience about working in music studios as a teacher and administrator to then owning her own private music studio in her home.

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