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The Hidden Curriculum of Music: Confidence, Creativity, and Character

Walk into any music classroom, and you might hear scales, laughter, and the occasional offbeat tambourine. But listen closer, and you’ll hear something far more profound taking shape — the development of confidence, creativity, and character. These lessons, though not written on any curriculum map, form the hidden curriculum of music education — one that quietly builds the very traits our world needs most. Let’s get into it!

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Teaching Humanity Through Harmony

There’s a quiet kind of magic that happens in the music classroom—not the kind that dazzles with lights or applause, but the kind that changes hearts. When students step into a space where rhythm, melody, and voice collide, something deeply human begins to take shape. Let’s get into it!

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Let Us Breathe: Why Music Teachers Need Room to Create

Admin and leadership have the ability to support and breathe life into amazing music programs, and the power to choke it out, intentional or not. It’s hard running a school, however we must challenge our leadership to support us as music educators and allow us the space to create and craft a beautiful program! Let’s get into it!

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Why Music Matters

Music matters in an educational system that is constantly telling us as educators and students otherwise. Let’s get into it!

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