It’s about time!

I apologize for the leave of absence I have taken with this site. This past year and a half has been one for the ages. I have graduated from the University of South Florida (once again) with a second Bachelors Degree. A Bachelors of Science in Music Education. I am currently working on getting certified in the State of Florida to teach K-12 music.

This past Tuesday January 19th I auditioned for Chris Vadala the Saxophone professor at the University of Maryland. I want to continue my education in pursuit of a Masters Degree in Jazz Performance. I have three more auditions lined up for the month of February at the University of Northern Colorado, University of Central Florida, and University of South Florida.

Now on to the good stuff. I once again attended the Florida Music Educators Conference in Tampa, Florida and I was pleased with many of the clinics presented. After completing my Internship I feel that I have a deeper understanding as to why some of these concepts are important in a “real world” setting. I attended many more Elementary music clinics than I did in years previous and I felt a much more real connection with the material being presented. There were many more clinics on Jazz, presented by Al Hager, Jack Wilkins, and Don Zentz. Don Zentz has a great site with a lot of great material for beginning jazz educators to advanced educators. Zentz.org

To cap off check out this great video of Miles Davis and Kenny Garrett playing Michael Jackson’s Human Nature great stuff!!!!

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