As music teachers, the holiday break offers a rare opportunity to reconnect with the very thing that brought many of us to this career in the first place: the joy of making music. It’s easy to get caught up in the day-to-day hustle of lesson planning, concerts, and administrative...

Self-doubt and Creativity

This past week, I was reading The Creative Act: A Way of Being by Rick Rubin. Gifted to me by a dear colleague, this book has been one that I've come back to time and time again when I feel creatively stuck or in need of inspiration. 

As I was preparing to...