Pedagogy · June 2025

An Afternoon at the Boys & Girls Club

Children gathered around a piano during a music workshop

In 2011 I designed an experiential education course for the Boys & Girls Club of Everett. The aim was simple: let children meet music with their hands, their ears, and enough time to be curious.

They were not auditioning. They were finding out what a piano does when you listen to it. That hour still shapes the way I teach. Start with the sound. The explanation can wait.