The Summer Bucket List for IB Music Teachers

July 15, 2016

The Summer Bucket List for IB Music Teachers Congratulations, you made it through a year of IB Music! Summer is finally here as you cruise through your summer bucket list. What’s next? After putting your feet up in your favorite chair, you may want to reflect;...

The Music of Summer: The Perfect Time To Jump Start IB Music

June 29, 2016

Totally excited about starting IB Music next year? IB music is a great course with numerous opportunities to learn and listen to different genres of music as well as study the contexts. Students learn performance repertoire as well as composing their own music. It...

Submitting Group and Solo Performance

May 2, 2016

How quickly the year has passed! You have most likely been working on your group and solo performances throughout the year. Now’s it is time to submit your music making. This blog provides strategies on how to finalize your performance including ensuring submission...

Next steps

December 27, 2013

This post concerns thoughts for the new year for DP Music Candidates. After a brief congratulations to the year two students from the southern hemisphere (who just completed their IB Diploma experience), advice for the new year is shared for year two students. I would...

Composing – where do you look for inspiration?

November 29, 2013

This post is intended for DP Music Candidates thinking about composition (creating). The featured piece is Variations on America by Charles Ives. We also discuss finding inspiration in unusual places. How do you find inspiration to compose (create)? (I use this word...

Preparing for the DP Music exam (November 2013)

October 14, 2013

Greetings DP Music candidates! This post is for you – regardless of whether you live in the northern hemisphere or the southern hemisphere – and is designed to help you with your exam review (yes – you should be reviewing!). I will briefly share my...