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About This Site
This was originally a site to host demos of acting work when that was a career goal. When I returned to music education, I decided to keep it for fun. It highlights my interests and hobbies, documenting varied chapters in my life.
This was originally a site to host demos of acting work when that was a career goal. When I returned to music education, I decided to keep it for fun. It highlights my interests and hobbies, documenting varied chapters in my life.
Virtual Choir Project: Spring 2020
Distance learning was a challenge, and we delved into it quickly! It was overwhelming for many of our families, and some students were more fully engaged than others. For those reasons, I did not attempt to work with the existing chorus that had begun rehearsing for the spring semester. As a special project, however, I invited students to participate in a virtual choir project. I gave very detailed directions for listening to my accompaniment track, positioning the camera, etc. It was intimidating, but 18 brave students followed all of the steps and submitted videos. I had edited audio for several projects with the church choir I accompany, but this was my first attempt to edit a virtual choir video. (We are ALL learning new skills during this pandemic!) I am so proud of these volunteer singers and the final outcome. Click the YouTube link below to see and hear it!
Distance learning was a challenge, and we delved into it quickly! It was overwhelming for many of our families, and some students were more fully engaged than others. For those reasons, I did not attempt to work with the existing chorus that had begun rehearsing for the spring semester. As a special project, however, I invited students to participate in a virtual choir project. I gave very detailed directions for listening to my accompaniment track, positioning the camera, etc. It was intimidating, but 18 brave students followed all of the steps and submitted videos. I had edited audio for several projects with the church choir I accompany, but this was my first attempt to edit a virtual choir video. (We are ALL learning new skills during this pandemic!) I am so proud of these volunteer singers and the final outcome. Click the YouTube link below to see and hear it!
Theme Song 2019-2020
My principal shared a poem with me that represents our theme for this school year: Roots and Wings. I set it to music and created an accompaniment with piano, bass and drums (all on my Casio Privia keyboard) then recorded the vocals. I also saved an mp3 of the accompaniment track that we can use throughout the year for performance. I'm really happy with the result! Click the YouTube link below to hear the song.
My principal shared a poem with me that represents our theme for this school year: Roots and Wings. I set it to music and created an accompaniment with piano, bass and drums (all on my Casio Privia keyboard) then recorded the vocals. I also saved an mp3 of the accompaniment track that we can use throughout the year for performance. I'm really happy with the result! Click the YouTube link below to hear the song.