-
Music Theory Songs
I have been teaching AP Music Theory now for 12 years. In that time my philosophy has dramatically shifted from trying to teach all of the material to trying to create meaningful experiences with all of the material so that the students want to pursue it more in college. Here are some tunes my class…
-
5 Year Anniversary
January 1st, 2021 marks the 5 year anniversary of my first self-published music composition. In those five years 79 sales have been registered in 19 states and 15 countries from 81 different published works. Thank you to those that have supported, encouraged, and mentored me.
-
Quarantine Teaching
I miss teaching. I miss seeing my students in person. I miss learning by working alongside brilliant minds who inspire me to be better. I miss saying funny things by accident in rehearsal. I miss seeing students finally grasp a concept in person and then organically asking intuitive and challenging questions in the moment. I…
-
The Covid-19 Renaissance
Since I first started self-publishing compositions and arrangements four very loud voices battle for supremacy in my ear: “Will this sell?”, “Can this be taught?”, “Does this have substantial music theory worth the performer’s time”, and “Is the compositional concept interesting?” If one of those voices grows too loud, the piece is doomed to remain…
-
There Is A Lady, Sweet And Kind (TTBB A Cappella)
I met my wife during a very hectic time in my life. I was working as the music director at her childhood church, attempting to teach a private piano studio of 20 students forty minutes away and was about to continue college to start my Masters degree. She was in town on break visiting family…
-
In The Sweet By And By (SAB Choir and Piano)
If video killed the radio star, then the comments section of social media is slowly killing a willingness to share one’s natural talent. Social media has some wonderful benefits. It also has some terrible, long-term effects. I would like to specifically talk about the power the infinite sea of “so-called-experts” who hide behind the…
-
Lo, How A Rose E’er Blooming (TTBB A Cappella)
“It’s not hard to compose, but what is fabulously hard is to leave the superfluous notes under the table.” Johannes Brahms Several years ago the choir director and I decided to use “Lo How A Rose E’er Blooming” attributed to Michael Praetorius as the finale of our Winter Concert. We did not have any arrangement in…
-
Entrada (Piano Solo)
I have never come across any classical musician that has anything negative to say about Maurice Duruflé’s Ubi Caritas. It is just one of those pieces of music that is universally treasured. It was sung by six of my friends at our wedding as my beautiful bride walked down the aisle. We had a morning…
-
Rondeau by Henry Purcell (Arrangement for Full Orchestra)
Creative Rehearsal Techniques 101 Back in 2010, I had the unique experience to accompany the Tennessee All-State Women’s Choir under the direction of Dr. Judy Bowers from Florida State University. Playing for any All-State Choir has been the highlight of my professional year since 2005. With this particular year, I had an epiphany about how…
-
3:30 Tango (Solo Violin, Viola, Cello, Bass and Piano)
God’s Providence Helped Me Tango I slid into the very hip looking seat among another one hundred or so very hip looking music business students. Directions have always been a challenge for me so finding the right class was sort of a minor miracle my freshman year of college. As the anxiety of finding my…
-
Canticorum Jubilo by G.F. Handel (A Cappella SAB Choir)
I Could Count On Jerry Let me tell you about Jerry (not his real name). Jerry enrolled in my choir class his senior year of high school back when I taught in public school. He had an amazing personality, dominated the basketball court as a star player, and after teaching him I can’t recall a…
-
To Music, Becalm His Fever (SAtB Choir with Piano)
Fatherhood: A case for music therapy “Roadway, this is Daddy Rabbit. You have a County Mounty on your six”. I was sixteen years old, driving in Cleveland rush hour traffic and having to listen to my father, Bill Merideth, spout out CB gibberish while sipping on his Dr. Pepper. Being from central Indiana, most kids…
-
Follow
Following
Already have a WordPress.com account? Log in now.
Tyler Merideth 