Longy MAT

64 Longy MAT Graduates making a difference in the world! We are proud of our alum, and their meaningful work in the arts and education field. Check out this MAT Photo Album with highlights from the last 7 years. #LongyProud #Bethechange #LongyMAT

Happy Friday Everyone! Here's a little preview of our conducting class from last quarter The music used for the video was created by Black Violin. Black Violin is the duo of Kevin Sylvetser and Wilner Baptiste, two classically trained and award winning producers, artists and educators. More about them here:... https://www.wbur.org//22/black-violin-hip-hop-classical-mu

Teaching fun breathing exercises to kids is the foundation for great vocal technique! With so much emphasis on pitch and learning songs, us teachers often forget that the best thing we can offer our younger students is good breathing technique. Here's a great article about it! https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org//75e6d0ede3afd5eafc65dbc6

Teaching music is so many things.... #longymat #beinspired #solfege #thehillsarealive #julieandrews

This year's cohort reports that 10 out of 14 of them have this jacket.....#Longymat #thejoyofteaching

In the Longy MATprogram, we look to Paulo Freire’s ideas about #education to guide us. Here is an excellent article about his views on Education as the Practice of Freedom: Paulo Freire and the promise of critical pedagogy https://tinyurl.com/w3f38zv

Instructions for living a life. Pay attention. Be astonished. Tell about it. Mary Oliver... (image by K. Germer in TX, 2020) #Longymat #thejoyofteaching See more

What's on your bookshelf? This week, Longy MAT challenges Hillary Harder to share 3 -4 books that have been transformative and meaningful. Hillary is an alum of the MAT Program, the Coordinator of ECoSistema in Goshen Indiana (an initiative of Horizon Education Alliance), and an incredible teacher. In 2018, Hillary was named the Elementary Teacher of the Year at Elkhart Community Schools. #Whatsonyourbookshelf #LongyMAT #LongyMATAlum #Teachingforsocialjustice #LongyProud #HorizonEducationAlliance

A session about our Equity-Centered Pedagogy Working Group and presentation at the National El Sistema USA 2020 conference. Our guests are Hillary Harder (ECoSistema and MAT alum), Christie Gray (Sistema Toronto), and Cecile Elliot (Oregan Bravo Youth Orchestras).

Join us this morning at 10:30am EST for our Teaching For Social Justice Facebook Live Series. It is our final day at the El Sistema USA Symposium, and I am excited to speak with the Equity-centered Pedagogy Working Group. Looking forward to welcoming Hillary Harder (ECoSistema), Christie Gray (Sistema Toronto), and Cecille Elliot (BRAVO Youth Orchestras) to our session today. #TeachingforSocialJustice #LongyMAT #ElSistemaUSA #ElSistemaUSASymposium

#Nevergiveup #Growthmindset #Bethechange #LongyMAT

Music Teacher SELF-CARE tip of the Day from Longy MAT student: Saying "no" to something or someone so that you can give yourself more time to breathe, enjoying a short walk or just having a few extra minutes of nothing planned can give you enough time to remember how wonderful it is to be a music teacher, despite the challenges and stress.

Funny Corner! #LongyMAT #Joyofteaching #somelightrelief

Welcome to the Longy MAT Facebook Live Series!!