The Music Educator cover art

The Music Educator

The Music Educator

By: Bill Stevens
Listen for free

About this listen

 🎶 The Music Educator Podcast The Music Educator Podcast is a practical, real-world podcast for music teachers who want to grow their craft, strengthen their programs, and sustain their passion for teaching. Hosted by veteran music educator Bill Stevens, the show explores the instructional, organizational, and human sides of music education—from band, orchestra, choir, and guitar classrooms to leadership, advocacy, and career longevity. Episodes blend actionable teaching strategies, rehearsal techniques, classroom management insights, and honest conversations about the realities of being a music educator today. Whether you are a first-year teacher, a seasoned director, or a music leader looking to refine your impact, The Music Educator Podcast offers grounded advice, reflective discussions, and encouragement rooted in authentic classroom experience. Topics include: * Effective rehearsal and instructional strategies * Classroom management and student engagement * Program building and sustainability * Professional growth and leadership in music education * Navigating the challenges—and joys—of teaching music If you believe music changes lives—and that great educators make that possible—this podcast is for you.The Music Educator
Episodes
  • Harmony in Motion

    Harmony in Motion
    Jan 12 2026

    Harmony in Motion – Teaching Music Through Movement and Technology

    What happens when we stop asking students to sit still — and instead invite them to feel the music?

    In this episode of The Music Educator Podcast, Bill Stevens explores how movement can become one of the most powerful tools in a modern music classroom. Through a real classroom story, research-backed pedagogy, and practical strategies, this episode examines how intentional movement — paired with today's technology — deepens musical understanding, boosts engagement, and builds authentic connection.

    Drawing inspiration from Orff, Dalcroze, and Laban, Bill bridges time-tested movement philosophies with 21st-century tools like GarageBand, Soundtrap, Flip, and video-based rhythm challenges. Whether you teach elementary music, band, choir, or guitar, you'll walk away with concrete techniques you can apply immediately.

    This episode covers:

    • Why movement is essential for rhythmic accuracy and musical expression

    • How embodied learning supports neurodiverse and reluctant learners

    • Ways to merge physical motion with digital music creation

    • Classroom-ready strategies for elementary, guitar, choral, and band settings

    • A music history spotlight on Émile Jaques-Dalcroze and the origins of eurhythmics

    🎯 This week's challenge: Choose one lesson where students express sound through movement — even briefly — and reflect on what changes in engagement, understanding, or ensemble energy.

    If you're looking to create a music classroom that is active, inclusive, and deeply musical, this episode is for you.

    🎶 Subscribe, leave a review, and share this episode with a colleague who believes music is meant to be experienced — not just explained.
    Show More Show Less
    11 mins
No reviews yet
In the spirit of reconciliation, Audible acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respect to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples today.