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New Book: Combining Theory and Practice for Teachers
In this brand new book, MLT Any Music Teacher Can Du...De, Andy explains MLT in layman's terms. Learn the theory of MLT and how to put it into practice in easy, fun, and manageable chunks! If you already own The Literate Musician, learn how to bring those lessons to life in your classroom.
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MLT Any Music Teacher Can Du...De
MLT Any Music Teacher Can Du…De breaks down Gordon’s Music Learning Theory into simple, easy to understand language and manageable chunks. No Ph.D. required!
The Literate Musician: Student Book 1
Musician, educator, and creator of The Improving Musician Andy Mullen has created a guide for self-starting musicians to learn to hear, think, speak and read the language of music.
Fifty Tunes for Teaching
Here are fifty new tunes for teaching written by Andy Mullen. Each tune comes with teaching ideas sequenced to Gordon's Music Learning Theory.
ABOUT
Your guide, Andy Mullen
Andy Mullen is a teacher, folk musician, multi-instrumentalist, composer, recovering singer-songwriter, and lifelong learner.
He has taught all levels of students in a number of subjects, and is currently a middle school general music teacher and choir teacher in Burlington, Massachusetts.
Andy holds Masters degrees in Music Education and School Administration, as well as certification from the Gordon Institute of Music Learning (GIML) in Elementary General Level 2 and Early Childhood Music.