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Living in Curiosity

Well the end of summer, as many school start seasons are, is a season of change and renewal. When we live in a broken world there are...

Science of Relations

Alongside my research with Charlotte Mason's musical goals I have come into contact with the numerous reasons one would want to study...

FUN

Reading The Power of Fun by Katherine Price has been such a treat. At my recital last spring I had the joy of presenting the following...

The Story

As I dive deeper into Mozart and his opera The Magic Flute. I have really thought through how important communicating is to all music....

Vital Interest

I have a love of the educator and philosopher Charlotte Mason who said, "Our aim in education is to give a full life. We owe it to them...

Inspired Inspiration

As I reflect on my journey as a teacher, singer and parent I often will stop on the word inspire. This small word, in my life, has such a...

A Curious Exploration...

Come on in... Curiosity may have killed a cat ... but it is a helpful tool when working with your voice. We use not only aural and visual...

How to talk to parents?

The tricks to maintaining and cultivating a good parent-teacher-student relationship! If you are reading this you love to sing! You may...

Rest

What is your response to the word rest? Needed, essential, bubble bath, laughter... Too hard, not a priority, impossible, sleeping......

The Mistake

As a teacher we need to understand that making mistakes is a large part of the process of learning. Mary Tyler Moore once said, "Take...

A Story Part 3: To give a full life...

If you read my last two posts (A Story - pt 1 and A Story - pt 2) you were able to travel with me through my formative years, and seeing...

A Story Part 2

We left off with a little girl finding her passions. Let's now discover her struggle. She loved to sing but no one would teach her. "She...

A Story Part 1

Once upon a time there was a young girl. She was spunky. Her mom would get recommendations to read the book The Strong-Willed Child...

Singing with Rachel Vlog...

Why Not!? So for my final project while completing my masters this summer was a video series. I really enjoyed doing this. I found that...

Listening - A Reflection

When was the last time you took 30 seconds and listened to the world around you? Or do you look like this statue most of the time. Lets...

Recital Month!!!

This month my students will be performing for our spring recital. I am very excited to be able to come together and listen to live music....

My Ultimate Goal

I've missed you! Thank you for being patient with me as I continue to finish up my masters and homeschool my littles this blog took a bit...

My Month's Vocal Exercises: October

October is one of those months that scoot so quickly in private lesson teaching. There are auditions, competitions and recitals and all...

Beginning a Lesson

I thought I would share with you what to expect in a lesson! Each month I will focus on a different part. This month it is the beginning!...

My Month's Vocal Exercises: September

So I wanted to write at the end of each month a preview of what is ahead. I want to sing and live on purpose. Each month I include a...

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