MusicBox Education

202+ Composers. One Design. Zero Chaos. And 50% Off! 🎼 Greetings Reader! What if your classroom walls—and your screens—reflected the rich, diverse world of music your students actually live in? I created the 202+ Composers All-Year Bundle to be a powerful, unified resource designed to celebrate diverse representation while keeping your classroom decorations clean, cohesive, and inspiring. 🖼️ One Beautiful Design. Every Composer Belongs. Instead of separating musicians by style or background,...

🎻 Need a "Friday Break" Lesson Plan? 👀 What’s Inside This Newsletter: 💡 The Friday Pivot: How to handle post-field trip burnout. 🤺 The Musketeer Composer: Why Joseph Bologne is the legend your students need to know. 💤 Front-Row Nappers: A "Tale from the Trenches" about concert etiquette. 🎁 The Resource Vault: Slides, interviews, and performances to share. 💡 Teaching Tip: The "Friday Pivot" Greetings, fellow music makers! We had a full week of field trips to various symphony concerts, and by...

An Unexpected Concern in the Principal's Office AI is really nailing it! 👀 What’s Inside This Newsletter: 🔥 The Principal’s Office: A surprise meeting about a holiday classic. 🔎 Hidden Histories: Why "Jingle Bells" and "Miss Mary Mack" aren’t what they seem. 🙅♀️ Drawing the Line: Navigating parent concerns and cultural sensitivity in the classroom. 🎁 Black History Month Gift: A special February/April bundle for subscribers. Today was an interesting day. . . I received an email from our head...

🤦♀️ Those "Horrible Numbers" That Caused an Absolute Uproar 👀 What’s Inside This Newsletter: 🎻 The "Violins of Hope": A powerful lesson in history and middle school 🍱 A Taste of the World: Why diversity in our repertoire matters more than ever 🐧 The Penguin Dilemma: How I try to represent continent (mostly) 🗓️ Resolutions & Resources: My plan for more visual exploration this year 🤦♀️ Those Horrible Numbers You can always tell who the school teachers are—and who are the musicians are that...

🛒 I Can’t “Stand” It Anymore (Ordering More!) 👀 What’s Inside This Newsletter: 🕵️♂️ The Stand Shortage: Where did all my orchestra stands go? 🌍 Holiday Remix: Swapping "Christmas" for "Any Holiday" (ChatGPT’s help) 👼 Theology 101: Why my students think all angels are named Harold. 🧙♂️ Wizardry: A teaser for my 92% retention secret. Greetings! As we head into a well deserved break - 🎼 The Stand Scramble First—music stands! We officially need to order more. When the band rehearses on the stage,...

Tuning 1,000 Strings & Other Holiday Miracles 🎻 👀 What’s Inside This Newsletter: 🎻 The Impossible Task: Tuning 1,000 strings, solo, before the concert. 📚 Classroom Check-In: The low-stress project to save your sanity post-show. 🎶 Music History: Why you might want to teach the full, complicated truth about Jingle Bells. Greetings! It’s holiday time—which for many of us is the busiest (and most stressful!) stretch of the entire year. Every season I ask my students to double-check the spelling...

🎼 Cafeteria Chaos, Concert Slides, and Card Games! 👀 What’s Inside This Newsletter: 🎧 Trench Tales: Why I’m wearing earplugs like a rockstar. ⛳️ Game of the Month: The "Around the World" card trick. 💡 Literacy Tip: Why we need to teach song titles. 📚 Resource Spotlight: 101 Folk Songs (with lyrics!) 👟 Freebie: My "Concert Etiquette" Slide Deck. Why I Wear Earplugs at Lunch 🥪 Ooof! I’ve spent most of my career as a traveling teacher... But now I’m on one campus with two buildings. This means a...

It's Here! Your Free Book of 10 Popular Music Games! 💡 What You'll Find In This Newsletter 🎁 Your FREE Gift! A book of 10 popular, low-prep music games. 🎻 Teacher Tidbits: Essential setup hacks for violins, violas, cellos, and basses. 💌 A Personal Story: My wedding proposal reply (it was all in musical terms!). 🍁 November Spotlight: Honoring Native American Heritage Month and composer Jerod Tate. Hi there, 👋 I am so excited to announce a FREE e-book of my 10 most popular music games, perfect...