Hello, my name is Luke Juras and I am currently teaching K-12 music in Dutton, Montana. I studied the trumpet throughout college and took several piano lessons, but somehow I never learned much about teaching choir. You could say that it's my weakness. This year I took a class on choral methods and was introduced to the book "Teaching Kids to Sing" by Kenneth Phillips. The book is full of great information, but I have been unsuccessful in applying much of it to the classroom. Hence, the purpose of this blog...
Throughout this blog I will be giving voice lessons to imaginary students. I will follow the learning sequences included in the back of Phillips' book, and do my best to explain the exercises and what they are good for. The learning sequences begin with students who are 7 to 10 years old (1st - 3rd grade). My first student is Marcus, a wonderful third grade student who has expressed interest in music and has just started to study the voice.
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