Fact: I want my students to relish learning new things.
Fact: My students will often model and imitate the things I do.
Fact: My students should see me excited about learning something new.
So, how about you walk into a rehearsal and share something new with your students that you just learned about the piece you are working on, or about the composer of that piece, or about music in general? Put simply, embody the words of the great Michelangelo, who at the age of 87 said, “Ancora imparo,” simply, “Still I am learning.”
Peter Loel Boonshaft, Director of Education
About the Author
Dr. Boonshaft is the author of the critically acclaimed best-selling books Teaching Music with Passion, Teaching Music with Purpose, and Teaching Music with Promise. Dr. Boonshaft is currently on the faculty of Hofstra University in Hempstead, New York, where he is Professor of Music and Director of Bands. He has also been named Director of Education for KHS America. He was honored by the National Association for Music Education and Music For All as the first recipient of the “George M. Parks Award for Leadership in Music Education.”
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