Just wanted everyone to know that the Golden Eagle Marching Band will be performing at Slippery Rock tomorrow night's CU-SRU football game (yes, this is a rare Thursday night game) - 6 p.m. at N. Kerr Thompson Stadium on the Slippery Rock campus.

Fresh off a very busy but successful weekend where the GEMB was involved with ALF activities Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, the homecoming game on Saturday afternoon, and the Collegiate Marching Band Festival on Sunday, they are recharging for a great… Continue

below are links to a few blogs to which i regularly post:

leaving pennsylvania // because i travel to chicago for grad school every summer.

leaving illinois // because i spend the school year in pennsylvania teaching elementary vocal music.

emi bird // because i write songs and rec… Continue

I sat down with Dr. Toney to do our annual Golden Eagle Marching Band preview podcast yesterday morning. Finally got it posted this afternoon - http://clarionmusicnews.wordpress.com/podcasts/ (a link to the podcast also appears under "Music" on the Main page below). It sounds like it is going to be an exciting and very busy season for the GEMB, with a surprise or two along the way (you will need to listen to the podcas… Continue

Had a terrific opportunity this morning to speak with four Dept. of Music alumni about their experiences teaching. Christopher Ritz, Jennifer (Ennis) Sproull, Todd "TJ" Sproull, and David Huemme took time from their busy conference schedules to speak with me. It was a great conversation, and wonderful to reconnect with friends. The podcast is available below. Enjoy!

I am here at PMEA in Valley Forge for the annual PMEA In-service Conference. I will be presenting on Friday, but I occupy the Clarion University booth during the event. It gives me a chance to see some of our alumni. But, admittedly, there is a bit of downtime. Unfortunately, there is no internet or cell phone service in the exhibit hall, so I am unable to work.

To keep myself busy, however, I decided to create a video blog (vlog) about my PMEA experience. I will be creating short videos during… Continue