If you want smarter kids, teach them music, not coding, according to MIT research:  https://awarenessact.com/if-you-want-smarter-kids-teach-them-music-not-coding-according-to-mit/?fbclid=IwAR3t5j5eoYGAkO384LLawfuITnH0b42Cajg_d_3FFUAgI2XmIaezntDdoA8

Need help with identifying intervals by ear? Check out this list of songs that begin with certain intervals. You can even make your own song list: Scroll to the bottom, after Octave, and click on the Create Song List button.

https://www.earmaster.com/products/free-tools/interval-song-chart-generator.html

For students working toward Iowa District Auditions in January, check out this Google Doc for Ear Training exercises from MusicTheory.Net

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1aDevLjMe1XPJqcKzDZOl5nCe2klf5y1zbTj3y2PT8os/

One of my long-term goals is recording all of the National Federation of Music Clubs repertoire for the Lynn Freeman Olson event. Here's my YouTube channel to check out how I am doing. This is where I also occasionally post videos of students AND former students as well as bookmark videos I like.  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiitMpZml-Vst-ZYk2oxnaw

Just found this video. Very interesting. Both very good pianists on a very difficult piece: The Difference Between a Musician and an Entertainer, Evgeny Kissin and Lang Lang playing La Campanella by Franz Liszt based on a theme by Paganini   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OOpklMbUd8M&ab_channel=TarokanNor

For a bit of musical humor, see any of these Victor Borge Videos:

Paper Scores https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKeqaDSjy98&list=RDLWqFaGwNCMU&start_radio=1&ab_channel=jazzy_larry

Opera Singer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUqOfkrRwsk&list=RDLWqFaGwNCMU&index=3&ab_channel=ArabicMusicLibrary

Page Turner: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWqFaGwNCMU&list=LLiitMpZml-Vst-ZYk2oxnaw&ab_channel=Johanna