11 episodes

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.

Highly Effective Band Room Samuel Fritz

    • Education

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.

    E10 - Rhythm Reading

    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
    Episode 9 - Pitch Reading Mastery

    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.

    • 10 min
    E8: Building Music Vocabulary

    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.

    • 8 min
    E7: Collaborative Music Dept - 2

    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
    E6: Collaborative Music Dept-1

    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
    E5: Planning for Failure

    E5: Planning for Failure

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

    • 5 min

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