The Summerglen Files

Today I worked with a student who absolutely detests scales. You can tell they’re the low point of his day, and that often, he’ll avoid practicing them altogether. I know the feeling, because I have that same dread when it comes to improvisation. Once I get started, I can improvise for hours. But getting started, [...]

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Here’s a fun Friday video for you, about how a bass trombone is made! Enjoy!

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I’m an educator with a very pragmatic teaching philosophy, so I can’t get over how cool it is when real-life experiences back up theories and research, and vice versa. Earlier this week, I took a trip through the creative process (and you can listen to the result in the previous post!) At the same time, [...]

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One of the reasons we Summergleners do what we do is because we love helping people. It feels good to give back to the community with our music, and to empower people to play through positive music lessons and clinics. Nowadays, though, we’ve added a new good cause to our repertoire…SOCKS! The Sierra Club Sock-A-Thon [...]

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Even when you do something you enjoy for a living, you can get burned out if you don’t take breaks. So, this past weekend we took a break…and drove to the Outer Banks! It was a 4-1/2 hour drive each way, but we made the trip last even longer by stopping to check out this [...]

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