Highly Effective Band Room

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Samuel Fritz (@samuelfritz) is the band director at Center Grove Middle School Central in Greenwood, Indiana. His unique and innovate approach to teaching performance music, can be used in your classroom to build Light Bulb Moments one glorious mistake at a time.

Samuel Fritz

  • Mar 15, 2018 LATEST EPISODE
  • infrequent NEW EPISODES
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  • 11 EPISODES


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Latest episodes from Highly Effective Band Room

E10 - Rhythm Reading

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 15, 2018 9:20


Teaching rhythmic reading should be the same as reading words. If you have ever struggled with number counting and want a better solution. Check out this episode on using Takadimi to vocalize rhythms.

Episode 9 - Pitch Reading Mastery

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 14, 2018 10:33


Do you teach pitch reading as an essential skill in your music class? Find out how I approach this in an innovative way in this episode. Use this to help build your collaborative music department.

E8: Building Music Vocabulary

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 13, 2018 8:42


This is the third podcast on building a collaborative music department. Today, learn all about developing a common music department vocabulary for music literacy.

E7: Collaborative Music Dept - 2

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 4, 2018 5:25


In this episode, learn how finding inspiration from your music colleagues can help develop your collaborative music department.

E6: Collaborative Music Dept-1

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 26, 2018 6:29


Can you imagine a school where band, choir, and orchestra teachers and students work together toward common goals? Well it can be a reality for you. Listen to learn how to begin. Stay tuned for more episodes to light your way to a collaborative music department.

E5: Planning for Failure

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 24, 2018 5:18


Not every successful rehearsal is based on mastery. Sometimes planning for purposeful failure is just as important.

Incompetence vs. Ignorance

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 21, 2018 7:08


Why is it that sometimes we meet a new learner and assume they can’t do something before we as what the do know? Listen to hear my take on the subject.

Encouraging Mastery

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 12, 2018 5:00


What might happen in your band if your students knew exactly how to master your curriculum on the first attempt at assessment? Listen to find out.

Purpose and Philosophy

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 6, 2018 5:00


Have you ever attended a conference, taken what you learned back to school and had it fail? Find out why.

Podcast Introduction

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 21, 2017 3:30


Welcome to the highly Effective Band Room Podcast! I hope you check back often to hear my innovative and creative approach to teaching performance music using research-based best-practice strategies.

10 Days Celebrating Success

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 21, 2017 24:03


Celebrating success is an important part of any professional learning community (PLC). Take this 10- challenge to celebrate success in a practical way.

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