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All the Leaves Fall Down
Fall is such a beautiful time here in the Midwest. As much as I complain about the dropping temperatures, I really do enjoy watching the change of seasons reflected in the trees as the leaves turn all kinds of gorgeous colors. The downside, of course, is all the...
Beatles à la Brothers
One of the highlights of my week is working with Tony and Patrick, two multi-talented brothers with a penchant for Billy Joel and the Beatles. Tony sings and plays the piano, and Patrick plays guitar and piano. Both brothers have been taking lessons with me for less...
Sunday Singalong: Costumes on Parade
One of the things I'll really miss this fall is seeing all of my former students at The Hope Institute dressed up in their Halloween costumes, parading around the school. And I'll be working away during trick-or-treat time this year, so I will just have to live...
Friday Fave: Making a Guest Appearance…
...over at Mundana Music Therapy, one of my favorite blogs by two of my favorite music therapists! If you're curious about how I organize and access my insanely huge repertoire of music therapy songs, then hop on over and check out my guest post, 5 Ways to Organize...
Custom Song: Counting With Tally Marks
I'll tell you what...I'm getting quite a bit of mileage out of the "Banana Boat Song" around here lately. Over the summer, I recorded a fruit shakers version for one of my music therapy students, and today I have a custom song based on it. This particular song is all...
Do You Have One True Calling? I Don’t.
When asked what I do for a living, I almost always answer automatically: "I'm a music therapist." But the long answer is a little more complicated. In addition to providing music therapy, I also teach lessons, perform, write music, blog, design websites, and juggle...
Instruments, Instruments, Instruments!
The second Tuesday of the month always brings a brand new episode of the Music Therapy Round Table podcast, and this time around, we're talkin' instruments. Kimberly, Michelle and I took on the difficult task of narrowing down our most essential instruments for use in...
Working Away on Columbus Day
Being self-employed and running my own full-time business has been a dream come true, it really has. But there are definitely some noticeable voids now since leaving my job -- first and foremost being my former coworkers and students. Also on that list? Paid holidays....
Sunday Singalong: Ugga Bugga Boo
Okay, okay...so this song really has nothing to do with Halloween at all. It is, however a Listen & Learn oldie! I think three years qualifies, as such, don't you? When I went digging through the archives to find my original post, I couldn't believe it how long it...