ISU Music Practicum Students

I have been working at The Music Shoppe in Normal this semester. I worked with the Print Music Manager, Bill Anderson. This past summer I went to the Music Shoppe with a letter for one of the store owners. My letter talked a little about my background, my major, and my desire to do an internship at the store. The store owner is always really busy, so I dropped off my letter for him, and ended up working with other two managers to set the internship up. I worked a few hours each week over the entire semester. I have performed several different jobs over the semester. Some have been: checking the print music inventory to see what needs to be ordered, ordering music from publishers, helping customers find specially requested books, and balancing the amount of stock ordered vs. the average amount of books we are able to sell, based on the past five years sales. This particular job was really interesting to me, because you need to know how many of each specific book you will be able to...

Hi there, Well, I just finished my internship as of this past Wednesday. It was probably one of the most interesting, uncomfortable learning experiences of my life. Day one of my internsip I was thrown right into audtioning numerous kids for a vocal jazz group and a chamber choir, then having to post the results which is harder than I ever imagined. I now realize why vocal instructors take a lot of time with this process, there are so many factors involved. I got this internship because this is the college where I got my associates, so I was in this vocal jazz group 5 years ago. Walking into that same rehearsal room on the OTHER side of the piano was the scariest thing I've ever done. I don't know why, I mean these kids are younger than me I know that I know more than them, but how do I TEACH them what I know...So as we got into the semester I taught sectionals, voice lessons, and taught a couple pieces by myself. I got very close with my students and wasn't just s...