Tag: DAW

• Teaching Orchestra and Band in a Digital Space: Day 13

  Live sound in a virtual space: Now that things are settling into what seem more and more a regular routine, I started to ask some fundamental questions about the user experience within my virtual platform.  How is the sound of my voice received by my students?  When I speak or demonstrate on my instruments, what…

  Ed Castro

  March 25, 2020

  Methods, Music, Teaching, Things

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• Teaching Orchestra and Band in a Digital Space: Day 11

  Duet with myself: Today starts the 3rd week of the spring term. Some things feel normal and routine, as mentioned in the previous post and other things feel new. One of the actives I enjoy doing with students is active listening of music. This typically involves listening to a piece of music or two with…

  Ed Castro

  March 23, 2020

  Music, Teaching, Things, Thoughts

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• Teaching Orchestra and Band in a Digital Space: Day 9

  Teams: When considering the word “teams”, one inevitably starts to think about groups of people who work together. Until a few days ago, if you were to do a search of “teams”, using any internet search browser you’d likely get a bunch of sports related articles or sports related images. Now that we are hitting…

  Ed Castro

  March 19, 2020

  Media, Music, Teaching, Things, Thoughts

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• Teaching Orchestra and Band in a Digital Space: Day 8

  Community and Service: As part of my curriculum I spend time exploring the idea of musicians as part of a group of communities. It’s important enough to me, that I try to include work regarding music, community and service in every unit I teach. Some of the question I pose to students are; What roles…

  Ed Castro

  March 18, 2020

  Media, Music, Teaching, Thoughts

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