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One of my "dreams", if you will, is to try to develop an integrated 
curriculum, utilizing music and art training to teach all of the "core" 
subjects.   I do a lot of that in my classes, but perhaps as a principal, I 
can try to develop a "charter" school that will explore that possibility more 
fully. 

Ray







-----Original Message-----
From: EarthNSky <erthnsky AT bellsouth.net>
To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
Sent: Sat, 25 Oct 2008 10:00 am
Subject: Re: [Homestead] Music



Cool!
'd guess you would see a lot of smokers in your current gig, so feel
ree to use my story as a cautionary tale, not that I could have ever
een great or earned a living or anything like that, but smoking robbed
e of enjoying singing the way I could have.  I have never even had the
uts to do Karaoke, for example, but I know had I not destroyed my
oice, I would have.  What fun that would be.
r. Ray, I made all A's in high school, except for 3 classes.  One was
river's Ed...I was speeding on the final exam and thereby ended up with
 B in the class because I failed the final.  The second was Home Ec,
nd the third was Chorale.  The instructor had a policy that if you did
ot continue with training, you would drop one letter grade...Of course,
 had no interest in music at the time-too much of a science nerd, and I
ulled the B there as well.  I recall that he was angry that I did not
ontinue-called my folks and everything....lol.
y next real chance at learning anything came in college when I worked 
s a stage manager for the pop vocal group.  I worked closely with the 
usic director, and she knew that I enjoyed singing and I got some 
nformal lessions, but that was about the time I started smoking, and 
ell, it was just one of those opportunities I blew.  Back then, I don't 
hink I saw the link between music, math, and metered verse.  Now, the 
ore interdisciplinary I can make something the better I learn. The lack 
f music instruction is one of my biggest regrets in life, not that I am 
oo old to learn, but I do believe, that like learning a foreign 
anguage, there is a prime window of opportunity that the young possess.
hen I was singing yesterday, I realized that I am breathing differently 
nd projecting better and clearer, but it just isn't right, and I know 
t.  I wish someone like you lived closer and could tell me exactly what 
 need to do.
Bev

ayzentz AT aim.com wrote:
 Sure.   I am certified by the state to teach music, K-12.   I have
 taught choir, band, orchestra, guitar, music appreciation, musical
 theater, and elementary music at all age levels.   My current
 asiignment is at a lock-down residential treatment center for
 troubled teans, where I teach choir, music appreciation, and guitar
 classes.   I also teach privately.
 
 I hold a Doctorate in Music Education.   My specialty, if I have one,
 is voice.
 
 I have just started a masters program in Educational Leadership.
 
 Ray
 
 -----Original Message----- From: EarthNSky <erthnsky AT bellsouth.net> 
 To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org Sent: Fri, 24 Oct 2008 1:18 pm 
 Subject: Re: [Homestead] Music
 
 
 
 So Ray, all I know is that you are a music teacher...that's a broad
 area here...can you narrow it down for us a bit? Bev, listening to
 Bach's Cantata BMV 208 at present, next up Peer Gynt
 
 
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