by Corbett | Jan 28, 2026 |
What’s Nuvo All About? Nuvo was founded in 2008 with a mission to “enable kids from all walks of life to experience the power of making music.” Nuvo creates instruments designed to minimize the hurdles that can keep students from learning when they first start...
by Corbett | Jan 28, 2026 |
What’s Nuvo All About? Nuvo was founded in 2008 with a mission to “enable kids from all walks of life to experience the power of making music.” Nuvo creates instruments designed to minimize the hurdles that can keep students from learning when they first start...
by Corbett | Jan 28, 2026 |
What’s Nuvo All About? Nuvo was founded in 2008 with a mission to “enable kids from all walks of life to experience the power of making music.” Nuvo creates instruments designed to minimize the hurdles that can keep students from learning when they first start...
by Corbett | Jan 28, 2026 |
What’s Nuvo All About? Nuvo was founded in 2008 with a mission to “enable kids from all walks of life to experience the power of making music.” Nuvo creates instruments designed to minimize the hurdles that can keep students from learning when they first start...
by Corbett | Jan 28, 2026 |
What’s Nuvo All About? Nuvo was founded in 2008 with a mission to “enable kids from all walks of life to experience the power of making music.” Nuvo creates instruments designed to minimize the hurdles that can keep students from learning when they first start...
by Corbett | Jan 28, 2026 |
What’s Nuvo All About? Nuvo was founded in 2008 with a mission to “enable kids from all walks of life to experience the power of making music.” Nuvo creates instruments designed to minimize the hurdles that can keep students from learning when they first start...
by Corbett | Jan 28, 2026 |
What’s Nuvo All About? Nuvo was founded in 2008 with a mission to “enable kids from all walks of life to experience the power of making music.” Nuvo creates instruments designed to minimize the hurdles that can keep students from learning when they first start...
by Corbett | Nov 22, 2025 |
Inspired by Native American, Spanish, and Afro-Portuguese folk dances, this music comes from Mexico, Brazil, Chile, Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia, and the Andes Mountains. Each piece is arranged for recorder ensemble and guitar, and includes suggested strums. Optional mallet...
by Corbett | Nov 22, 2025 |
by Susan Brumfield. FIRST, WE SING Songbook One is a collection of twenty children’s songs, rhymes and games from around the world. Whether you are looking for new songs to add to your repertoire, or for new ways to teach familiar favorites, FIRST, WE SING is...
by Corbett | Nov 22, 2025 |
A Celebration of Orff Schulwerk Media. by Don Dupont and Brian Hiller. Thirty-nine processed activities for elementary grades (easy to challenging) celebrating Orff-Schulwerk media: Body Percussion, Speech, Singing, Unpitched Percussion, Barred Instruments, Recorder...
by Corbett | Nov 21, 2025 |
by Johann Sebastian Bach. In 1976 the Leipzig publishing firm of Breitkopf brought out the Musicalisches Gesang-Buch of George Christian Schmelli, containing hymn melodies harmonized (in figured-bass form) by Johann Sebastian Bach. Thirteen of these are now available...
by Corbett | Nov 21, 2025 |
A Collection of Songs for Recorder using B-A-G by Janey Day. Motivate with B-A-G! Keep recorder interest high with this crafty collection of eight reproducible songs that will reinforce the first three notes taught in most recorder methods. Young performers will also...
by Corbett | Jan 13, 2025 | Product Reviews |
Crooked River Choral Project: FOCUS on the poetry of Robert LouisStevenson Roger Sams has put together three joyous songs for young choirs based on the poetryof Robert Louis Stevenson. They can be performed separately or combined as a suite. Robert Louis Stevenson...
by Jennifer Shaw | Nov 4, 2024 | Teacher Talk |
Teacher Talk: Conference! “Tell me, I forget. Show me, I remember. Involve me, I understand.” ~Carl Orff I hope you are gearing up for an exciting American Orff Schulwerk Association (AOSA) conference, November 13-16, 2024 in Des Moines, Iowa! Filled with rich...
by Jennifer Shaw | Oct 28, 2024 | Teacher Talk |
Something has been on my mind that is important to share with you! Collaborating with MIE is exciting for me in a couple of different ways. About 2 years ago, I reached out to Beth Ann Hepburn to answer a call put out by AOSA about mentoring teachers. I’ve always had...
by Jennifer Shaw | Oct 25, 2024 | Teacher Talk |
Concerts! Part II Ah concerts….sometimes a double-edged sword. Process over product or product over process, getting a framework in place is a good starting point. I am committed to having our concerts reflect much of what we do in the classroom. I will...
by Jennifer Shaw | Sep 7, 2024 | Building Your Classroom Instrumentarium |
At the beginning of the school year, when choosing an instrument to introduce first to students, drums (tubanos) would be high on the list of what I’d put in front of them. Am I crazy? Maybe, but I want students to understand how to approach an instrument...
by Jennifer Shaw | Sep 7, 2024 | Building Your Classroom Instrumentarium |
Melodic percussion instruments, or barred instruments like xylophones, glockenspiels, and metallophones are the quintessential set of instruments used in many elementary music settings. They are valuable when accompanying singers, but are even more so when students...
by Jennifer Shaw | Sep 7, 2024 | Building Your Classroom Instrumentarium |
Hey! Hi, friend! I’m talking to you! You! The new teacher of elementary music; Or you, who is reflecting on the school year that has passed and is thinking about how you might like to extend the learning; Or you, who is contemplating if the new year coming up is...
by Jennifer Shaw | Sep 7, 2024 | Back to School |
Hi Again! Here is Part II of DRUE BULLINGTON’s fantastic article, as originally seen at Teaching With Orff, discussing all things storage and organization! Thanks again, Drue! The Active Music and Movement Classroom: So Much Fun “in Store!” Drue M....
by Jennifer Shaw | Sep 7, 2024 | Back to School, Teacher Talk |
Breaking the Ice The Start of School, Part II I was curious about how others start their year in the music room, so I asked a handful of people who so graciously contributed by offering their tried and true ways, thank you! There seems to be a common theme around...
by Jennifer Shaw | Sep 3, 2024 | Back to School, Teacher Talk |
You’re back! How are you feeling? You gonna make it? I know, the weather still feels like summer, your circadian rhythm is out of whack, your schedule is still being tweaked, AND you know it’s just going to take a little time to get in your groove. Hopefully,...
by Corbett | Aug 31, 2024
About MIE Where Music and Education Starts Shop Music is Elementary, Inc. was founded in the late 1980’s in Cleveland, Ohio on the back of Northeast Ohio’s Motters Music House company established in 1947. When owner Bill Johnson started Music Is Elementary his vision...
by Corbett | Apr 23, 2024 |
Sounds Abound Volume 2 (Book/Supplemental Materials) Timbre and Form in the Orff Instrumentarium By Brent M. Holl Volume 2 of Sounds Abound shares a brief history of the Orff instrumentarium and details orchestration techniques for getting the most out of your own...
by Corbett | Jan 24, 2023 |
Mixing It Up! Sandy and Gretchen are very excited to share lessons integrating many mediums you can use in class! You’ll find recorder, drums, ukulele, movement, and barred instruments integrated into the lessons. These activities offer hands-on activities,...
by Corbett | Aug 12, 2022 |
Muteflute is a specific mute for flutes. The perfect solution to be able to practice with the flute without disturbing anyone. Muteflute allows you to integrate the practice of the recorder both in class and at home. It consists of a special mute that makes the flute...
by Corbett | Aug 12, 2022 |
Muteflute is a specific mute for flutes. The perfect solution to be able to practice with the flute without disturbing anyone. Muteflute allows you to integrate the practice of the recorder both in class and at home. It consists of a special mute that makes the flute...
by Corbett | Sep 2, 2020 |
by Roger Sams, with text by Robert Louis Stevenson. The Crooked River Choral Project is a collection of artful choral music composed specifically with music teaching and learning in mind. Our selections are first and foremost beautiful pieces of music. They are rooted...
by Corbett | Aug 17, 2020 |
The NUVO Dood is a brand new concept for single reed music education. A natural next step for a child playing the recorder, the Dood is a great way to introduce single-reed skills at an early age. With it’s mellow clarinet-like sound, the Dood makes a great addition...
