Teaching Music in a New Age

Despite a post-pandemic teaching environment, a new generation of students, stress, depression, anxiety, fear, and a world of pressures, we're still supposed to teach and make beautiful music. What happened to us – those who stand in front of the students – in all the discussions, programs, and plans? Does music even matter? It does! Most importantly, so do you. Through a combination of stories, parables, and research, Dr. Milt Allen weaves a Zen-like tapestry that covers a broad range of subjects yet always returns to those who stand in front of the classroom. Whether you need to rethink, renew, recover, or rediscover, there's sure to be something for you in this incredible journey of exploring what really matters. Topics include:

  • Dealing with fear and anxiety
  • How little things can pull the rug out from under big things
  • Understanding generational demographics for better teaching
  • Brain development, adolescence, music, and your students
  • Getting rid of "excellence"
  • Performance-based philosophies versus participatory ones
  • Taking chances
  • Self-preservation and being selfish
  • Graduate study
  • Persistence
  • Handling challenges
  • Mountains, bicycles, stuffed bears, cancer, Jeff Coffin, ANTs, hamster tales, and more