Tag: sports

• Sports, Identity, and Complicated Feelings

  Every once in a while, sports become about much more than the game itself. This summer, two very different moments left me thinking about identity in ways I hadn’t expected. On one hand, I found myself smiling as a lifelong New Yorker watching the Knicks win the NBA Finals. The celebration wasn’t just about basketball—it…

  Ed Castro

  July 24, 2026

  Music

  Teaching, teacher, educator, education, identity, sports, feeling, Complicated Feelings, Personal, New York City, New York Knicks

• 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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