About
Brendan Hughes is a music educator and performer based in Northern New Jersey. He has over 15 years of experience as a public school teacher and is an active woodwind doubler and private teacher.
Interests
Music Education
Mr. Hughes has over 15 years of experience as a public school music educator in New Jersey. He holds both a B.A. and M.A. in Music Education from Montclair State University. Mr. Hughes has directed both high school and middle school bands, has taught Music Technology and General Music courses, and run an award-winning marching band. Mr. Hughes has also taught privately and his students have gone on to success in many honors ensembles and careers in music.
Music Performance
As a performer, Mr. Hughes is active throughout Northern New Jersey. These days you will mostly find him performing in pit orchestras and with the New Jersey Wind Symphony. Trained as a clarinetist, Mr. Hughes has developed a specialty on bass clarinet. Mr. Hughes also frequently doubles on saxophones, particularly tenor and bari, and also performs on flute and bassoon.
Music Technology
Mr. Hughes has become increasingly interested in the ways that music technology is reshaping music education. He has taught Music Technology Courses, incorporated music technologies into existing general music and instrumental curricula, and presented professional development on the topic.
Other Musical Pursuits
In addition to his teaching and performing, Mr. Hughes has a wide variety of other musical interests. He is always learning and exploring new technologies and bringing them into his classroom. Mr. Hughes also dabbles in electric bass and enjoys exploring Irish Traditional Music. His newest adventure is to begin blogging sharing his experiences and connecting with other music educators.
Blog
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Quick Youtube Playlist
How to create a user-generated Youtube Playlist using Google Forms As a teacher, One of the things that I like to do is have students submit Youtube videos for various assignments. Sometimes, after they’ve submitted the links I like to add them all to a playlist…
Getting Creative with Airtable
In my first post about Airtable, I introduced you to some of the basics. Here I will give some ideas on ways to incorporate Airtable into your ensemble program that goes beyond just sorting your information. Organize ALL of your data In my first post, I…
Tech Toolbox: Notation Software
Tech Toolbox is my series of posts on what I feel are the essential tools that every music educator should have at their disposal to both create music and materials that support and engage their students. Notation Software As with any of the tools that I…
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