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**Oclef Podcast**

On this show, we interview experts who help children to develop their talents. These experts can be in music, arts education, sports or an academic teacher. Basically, anyone who works regularly with children or develops programs for them. On this show, we are looking to share the strategies, secrets, and processes that these experts use every day to help kids become great.

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Oclef Daily: EP32 - Is 2 years old too young? Jan 25, 2018

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I just got a call today asking about lessons for a 2-year-old. My response, "You mean the number after 1?"

Does anyone out there actually teach 2-year-olds music or is it more about play and discovery?

Oclef Daily: EP31 - I am a cognitive architect Jan 24, 2018

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The lessons learned from music are more important than the music itself. Patience, persistence, pattern-recognition, empathy, problem-solving, communication, details, big-picture, creativity, hard work, focus - those are the real gems of music education. Not playing a piece perfectly. My job is to make those lessons the true takeaway.

Oclef Daily: EP30 - The real piano lesson Jan 24, 2018

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I am obsessed with the ideas and skills learned from music and want those to be acquired by students. The details matter, the big picture matters, patience and persistence matters, communication matters, creativity matters, empathy matters - All of that matters more than playing piano pieces perfectly.

Oclef Daily: EP29 - There's always more Jan 19, 2018

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Getting better at something doesn't mean mistakes disappear. So the real trick is to fall in love with the struggle, mistakes, and frustration. Learn to love the pain of learning, it's the best thing I've learned from music.

Oclef Daily: EP28 - Reading is key Jan 18, 2018

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Why does sight-reading account for such a small amount of practice and lesson time? What if sight-reading was more than 50% of the time early on for piano education? Growth and development would be slow in the beginning, but it could be 100x the rate of development in later years simply because the students could be more efficient, learn faster and expose their minds to more music.

Oclef Daily: EP27 - Cultivating creativity Jan 17, 2018

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Can creativity be learned? How important is music in helping students to develop their creative skills? This is a follow up after talking with creative composer Christopher Norton.

Oclef Interviews | EP20: Christopher Norton - The world's top Jazz and R&B music education composer Jan 16, 2018

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This is a big episode to kick-off season 4 of the Oclef Podcast. We are so excited to bring this episode to listeners. I hope you enjoy listening to this interview with the world's top Jazz and R&B composer for music education. I'm so grateful to have the chance to talk with Christopher Norton.

Oclef Daily: EP26 - Seven lessons a week Jan 15, 2018

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This is most likely the last episode of Season 3. We are so excited to announce the new season of the Oclef Podcast which will feature interviews with Christopher Norton, Adriana Linares, David Brown, Lisa Bastien and Phong Le (Oclef co-founder). Stay tuned for an interesting season full of interviews with the top music educators on the planet and daily music education podcasts. We love our MusicEd community! Thanks for all your support, listening and for sharing our content.

Oclef Daily: EP25 - You are a role model Jan 15, 2018

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As most teachers do, I take my role as a mentor and role model very seriously. I think children see our actions and learn from how we do things.

Oclef Daily: EP24 - Learn an instrument in 2018 Jan 13, 2018

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After questions on practicing and pieces, this is the most common parent question. "Is it too late for me to learn piano?"