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 [...]
So yeah…. I haven’t posted in a while…. sorry : (
As many of you know I have been working full time at a middle school here in Tampa. This along with my Senior Jazz Recital (a post with recordings and hopefully video will come soon!!!) which was a week and a half ago has severely [...]
Another Clinic I attended was that of Mr. Bunky Green. Professor Green is a world renowned Jazz Musician, saxophonist, and educators. He is currently Director of Jazz Studies at the University of North Florida. His clinic was titled Jazz Improvisation Workshop, and believe me when I saw that Mr. Green was the clinician I was [...]
I am now about to complete my last semester in school (next semester I will be in my internship) and I am becoming more and more frustrated with the way my education has gone thus far. I find myself in courses in which they tell us how to teach but never really show us (As [...]
I’m not quite sure how I came across this story but I found it interesting and thought I would share it with you all. This is a story brought to light by Wynton Marsalis. Like him or hate him you can not ague with his passion for the music and more importantly, his passion for [...]
