Highly Effective Band Room

Samuel Fritz
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Samuel Fritz (@samuelfritz) is the band director at Center Grove Middle School Central in Greenwood, Indiana. His unique and innovate approach to teaching performance music, can be used in your classroom to build Light Bulb Moments one glorious mistake at a time.

Episodes

  1. 03/15/2018

    E10 - Rhythm Reading

    Teaching rhythmic reading should be the same as reading words. If you have ever struggled with number counting and want a better solution. Check out this episode on using Takadimi to vocalize rhythms.

    9 min

  2. 03/14/2018

    Episode 9 - Pitch Reading Mastery

    Do you teach pitch reading as an essential skill in your music class? Find out how I approach this in an innovative way in this episode. Use this to help build your collaborative music department.

    11 min

  3. 02/14/2018

    E8: Building Music Vocabulary

    This is the third podcast on building a collaborative music department. Today, learn all about developing a common music department vocabulary for music literacy.

    9 min

  4. 02/05/2018

    E7: Collaborative Music Dept - 2

    In this episode, learn how finding inspiration from your music colleagues can help develop your collaborative music department.

    5 min

  5. 01/27/2018

    E6: Collaborative Music Dept-1

    Can you imagine a school where band, choir, and orchestra teachers and students work together toward common goals? Well it can be a reality for you. Listen to learn how to begin. Stay tuned for more episodes to light your way to a collaborative music department.

    6 min

  6. 01/24/2018

    E5: Planning for Failure

    Not every successful rehearsal is based on mastery. Sometimes planning for purposeful failure is just as important.

    5 min

  7. 01/22/2018

    Incompetence vs. Ignorance

    Why is it that sometimes we meet a new learner and assume they can’t do something before we as what the do know? Listen to hear my take on the subject.

    7 min

  8. 01/13/2018

    Encouraging Mastery

    What might happen in your band if your students knew exactly how to master your curriculum on the first attempt at assessment? Listen to find out.

    5 min

  9. 01/07/2018

    Purpose and Philosophy

    Have you ever attended a conference, taken what you learned back to school and had it fail? Find out why.

    5 min

  10. 12/21/2017

    Podcast Introduction

    Welcome to the highly Effective Band Room Podcast! I hope you check back often to hear my innovative and creative approach to teaching performance music using research-based best-practice strategies.

    4 min

  11. 12/21/2017

    10 Days Celebrating Success

    Celebrating success is an important part of any professional learning community (PLC). Take this 10- challenge to celebrate success in a practical way.

    24 min
  • 11 Episodes

About

Samuel Fritz (@samuelfritz) is the band director at Center Grove Middle School Central in Greenwood, Indiana. His unique and innovate approach to teaching performance music, can be used in your classroom to build Light Bulb Moments one glorious mistake at a time.

Information

  • Creator
    Samuel Fritz
  • Years Active
    2017 - 2018
  • Episodes
    11
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Samuel Fritz