Education Philosophy

The benefits of music in education, such as improving test scores, exercising creativity, and providing an active learning environment, are unending. I believe the most important of these is how music teaches the skills and inspires the drive to create something as a community. My role as a music educator is to give students the tools that they need to make creative decisions and to facilitate conversations in rehearsal about musical intent, imagery, inspiration, and more. What this may look like in the classroom can vary, from playing their very first note on flute to programming and performing music that tells a heavy story.  These ideas are rooted in progressivism, an education philosophy which focuses on learning by doing and teaching students to work together. Music is a lifelong journey of shared experiences, experiences which I hope (aspire?) to share with generations to come.