Applied Teaching

General Music Lesson

World Music Lesson Plan

The purpose of this lesson was to lead students through exploration of music of other world cultures. In this lesson, I taught students the Zimbabwean song, “Botendere.” Students learned the purpose of the song in Zimbabwean tradition and made cross-cultural connections through engagement in singing and through replication of the song’s accompanying dance.

Choral Music Lesson

Choral Music Lesson Plan

In this lesson, I taught a vocal warm-up with the purpose of practicing legato style singing with appropriate vowel placement and resonance.

HS Freshman Band Lesson

Freshman Band Lesson Plan

This lesson was part of a co-teaching assignment in which each co-teacher taught a section of the students’ repertoire (Bizet’s “Farandole,’ arr. by Bocook).

HS Freshman Orchestra Lesson

Freshman Orchestra Lesson Plan

This lesson was part of a co-teaching assignment in which each co-teacher taught a section of the students’ repertoire (Newbold’s “Orion and the Scorpion”).