Was a presenter at CMTA (Colorado Music Teacher's Convention) and had to get some professional photos made.
Dr. Alejandro Cremaschi, University of Colorado - Boulder. I was a guest lecturer this year for his Graduate Piano Pedagogy Class. I discussed Group Dynamics: Lesson planning and behavior modification strategies as utilized in Keyboards For Kids.
Presenter at the Good Life Conference. How I used "The Secret" to launch Keyboards For Kids!
Keyboards For Kids is alive and thriving. We had our biggest year ever. over 500 kids from August - December of this year. My goal is 1000 by May 2009.
Fellow Presenter at the Good Life Conference in Aurora, Colorado
In recital at Jefferson Unitarian Church, Golden with Chriserin Jiles, violist
With Janet Steen and Gayle Kowalchyk (Music For Little Mozarts) also both Yamaha Music Education consultants
With my hero and friend Dr. Randall Faber. We are in Chicago at the Piano Pedagogy Conference.
What a fun dude :-) Bradley Sowash Jazz Educator, composer, pianist extraordinaire!
Another hero: Mike Bates from Yamaha Corporation, California. I have known Mike for over 25 years.
THe vibrant and entertaining Charlene Zundel from "TCW" - Three Cranky Women publishing at MENC.
Great friend and colleague Ms. Leila Viss and I "lapping" at the Piano Pedagogy Conference in Chicago. We met here and later worked together at KFK. She was a teacher trainer for us and also taught huge classes in Cherry Creek for us.
My good friend and neighbor, Dr. Erika Sueker
My very first staff: Launch of KFK August 2006
Dr. Randall Faber - my hero, mentor and friend. I have tremendous respect for him, his wife, and all their amazing publications, which we use so much of at KFK.
KFK gives it's very first award to Mitchell ELementary School. Highest enrollment of all our schools. This is the Principal and school secretary/staff.
Julianna and I are KFK Summer Camp. A lot of fun and a LOT of work.
My second location of Keyboards For Kids at Amana Academy, a public charter school - 98% Muslim community in Roswell Georgia.
My little choir from High Meadows School and I at Border's Music Store in Marietta, Georgia.
My Jazz Band and High Meadows - 3-rd through 8th graders. We are at a local recording studio making a CD! Wow - amazing.
Private students at home - one of our piano recitals.
Presenter at Colorado Music Teachers Conference in Colorado Springs. I am speaking about "Improvisation at the Very First Lesson" - standing room only. That is the famous Dr. Arthur Houle sitting up front. He made me very nervous until we both found out we love to have fun and laugh. It ended up being perfect and he is fabulous!!
Private students - little Alice Lin
Dr. Faber and David and I lunching mid-conference during MENC. He is so generous and such a kind friend.
KFK does the "Golden Christmas Parade!"
The Director and CEO and a Conference in Vail.
I still love getting out of the office and into the classroom.
Getting down to the eye level of the children; mixed age/multi-age group. Multi age groups have many benefits, espeically if you find that the older ones like to “be the teacher” and can pair off with a younger child and mentor them in special segments of your class. We have used double-jack earphones in our classes allowing children to pair up and hear only each other.
Using the paper keyboards is a great way to check their “pulse” on new keyboard geography concepts without going to the keyboard. I am using an in-class supplemental song. Girls love the “pink song” as I have copied it on pink paper.
Summer Camp!
With Dr. Lee Evans at a workshop on jazz education.
With my choir of middle schoolers at High Meadows School
Conducting the orchestra from the piano at High Meadows Music Concert
Conducting the Jazz Band from the piano - High Meadows School "Barn Theater"
My desk/office in the music room at High Meadows
My little orchestra at High Meadows performs Pachabel's Canon at Sept 11th Memorial Concert at High Meadows. I was the spearhead for the Orchestra and Jazz Band - two programs never before offered in the 30 year history of the school. Parents filled out the sections. It was spectacular.
Conducting the High Meadows Jazz Band - also using parents to fill in the gaps in the sections. We are performing at Grandparents Day. It was truly remarkable.
With my VERY COOL jazz band performing at Earth Day. That is my daughter Julianna playing Lead Alto Sax
