Music Ed Monday – The Long Game
I’m writing this as my baby is fussing in the crib beside me — not crying or screaming, just kind of whining. We’re in the midst of sleep training our seven-month old and there are many days where I feel like what we’re doing just isn’t working. Even a week into this, there is still a lot of fussing and particularly around nap time. It … Continue reading Music Ed Monday – The Long Game
NEW PIECE – “Colossus”
Click here to purchase. Hi everybody, So, it’s been a big year. In the last eight months, my family grew by one and I took a one-year sabbatical from teaching to pursue a Master’s degree in Composition from Brandon University. I know, perhaps we could have timed that better but, as the old saying goes, “the right time is when it happens,” right? Anyway, I’ve … Continue reading NEW PIECE – “Colossus”
The Past Year and the Next!
How can it be that it be that I haven’t updated this website in seven months? Wow, we’d better get started. 2017 was an amazing year, both personally and professionally. Let’s start with the personal stuff: My son was born on November 4th! He’s just the best. I started grad school and am actually doing university right. More on that later. I made some of … Continue reading The Past Year and the Next!
Music Ed Monday – New Show, Same Nerd.
After weeks and weeks of researching, reading, recording, filming and editing, my new show launches today. The original “Into the Score” ran from 2004 to 2007; it was a time where I was a very different person, or at least I thought I was. If anyone who’s reading this knows me personally, you’ll probably know that I’ve been interested in video game music for the … Continue reading Music Ed Monday – New Show, Same Nerd.
Into the Score – RELAUNCH
I can’t even believe it. The original Into the Score podcast ran from 2006-2010 (about) and, after ten years, it’s coming back in a different form. More details to come, but it’s happening everyone… it’s really happening. -K Continue reading Into the Score – RELAUNCH
Music Ed Monday – Radical Empathy
As I was leaving the band room one day, I heard a booming teenage voice. When I got out the door, the hallway was lined with people watching a large young adult cursing and throwing his body around. The shop teacher and another teacher on duty stood at the end of the hall in case something went seriously wrong. A hundred pairs of wide Grade … Continue reading Music Ed Monday – Radical Empathy
Music Ed Monday – It Depends on the Room
Disclaimer: I’m not a counselor nor an expert, but I talk to a lot of kids about a great many things related to their well-being. Here are some patterns of experience paired with elements of mental health that I’ve learned from pro-counselors. This is one perspective that may challenge you and that’s okay. Allow yourself to be challenged, then consider it or never think about … Continue reading Music Ed Monday – It Depends on the Room
Music Ed Monday – Keep on Keepin’ On
In a really wonderful turn of events, I won a competition this past month! My very first one! It was the 2015 Canadian Band Association Composition Competition (*whew!*) and my piece for concert band “The Meeting Place” took home the prize. I really like that tune, and so do a lot of my students – more than many of my other ones, actually. The funny … Continue reading Music Ed Monday – Keep on Keepin’ On
Music Ed Monday – Driving Lessons
I got to spend some time in Canmore, AB (Canada) this past weekend. You know, this place: It’s a really beautiful town, but I really didn’t have a hot clue where I was going most of the time. I’m a pretty nervous driver when I’m in a place that I don’t know very well, so I was being extra observant and extra careful. Most of … Continue reading Music Ed Monday – Driving Lessons
BEAT ALL THE FINAL FANTASIES – FFX
I’m trying to remember exactly when I was playing Final Fantasy X for the first time. It came out when I was in Grade 10, though I first saw it when my cousin showed it to me at my grandmother’s house in Gimli, the town where I grew up. But even still, I don’t think I started really playing it until I was university, which was … Continue reading BEAT ALL THE FINAL FANTASIES – FFX