Blog 17: Fourth Interview

1. How do you feel children react to music instruction?
2. What qualities does music instruction bring out in children? 
3. How do you handle an unruly music/voice class?
4. What does performing mean to you?
5. What does a person need to gain from a choir experience to be able to perform?
6. Performing publicly isn't for everyone, but can music instruction help this? 
7. What experience do you personally have in choir and/or solo voice?
8. What is the most important part of a vocal class or music class?
9. In an academic classroom setting how does music instruction influence your classes?
10. What does performing teach students?
11. What is the atmosphere of your arts classes?
12. What is the difference between the impact of music in childhood and in adulthood?
13. How are the students set up to rely on each other as a group?
14. What are some changes you've seen in your students this year?
15. When teaching a class what are some noticeable things(actions, feelings, attitudes, etc) you see in the students as they sing or do their work? 
16. Some children are more keen to music than others, how does this effect the teaching process?
17. The end goal of taking music classes is to eventually perform, how do music classes get you to this point?
18. From personal experience, how has music instruction effected you?
19. What aspects in a child's everyday life does performing effect?
20. Are there any experiences with students that specifically stand out to you as they have seemed to develop a skill needed for the future? 

Blog 12: Third Interview Questions

1. How can music instruction most influence a child’s ability to perform publicly?

2. What does a person need to gain from a choir experience to be able to perform?

3. How can a teacher best aid a person in developing skills to be able to perform publicly?

4. What is necessary in a teacher or a teacher’s instruction to help a person perform?

5. Do you feel or have examples of an experience where music instruction has been able to help in other aspects than just performing (public speaking etc.)?

6. How does music instruction help in other aspects along with increasing a person’s ability to perform?

7. Since you work with children, where do you see the benefits of music instruction in your kindergarten classes and your performing art classes?

8. Performing publicly isn't for everyone, but can music instruction help this? 

9. How does early music instruction help a child opposed to instruction at adulthood?

10. What does music instruction mean to you?

Blog 6: Second Interview

My mentor is Mr. Billy Rugh and he works at Creative Planet School of the Arts (CPSOA) .

1. How extensive is your experience working with children in voice classes?

2. What are some differences between working with children and working with adults?

3. For what reasons did you decide to create the school CPSOA?
4. How do you keep yourself up to date with the musical world in order to teach properly?

5. What experience do you personally have in choir and/or solo voice?