Author: Logan Chopyk, DM

Making the leap from heavy, disorganized binders of sheet music to a sleek iPad is a game-changer for gigging musicians. Paired with a Bluetooth page-turning pedal, it feels like magic—until you are midway through a crucial solo, you tap your foot, and instead of turning the page, your iPad opens a random menu or skips… Read more

By Dr. Logan Chopyk October 19, 2026 There is a distinct kind of magic that happens in music education right around the six-week mark. Today marked my fourth session working with a local high school ensemble. Six weeks ago, we were strangers feeling out a new dynamic. Today, something clicked—and the shift in the room… Read more

By Dr. Logan Chopyk October 11, 2026 I went to a karaoke party this weekend and had some new thoughts about the benefits of music education. Most of us are familiar with how music education can improve core school subjects, language learning, and spatial reasoning. But how many of us have considered the importance of… Read more

October 7, 2026 By Dr. Logan Chopyk In brass pedagogy, we have a stubborn tendency to fixate on the lips. We tweak the embouchure, analyze muscle firmness, and obsess over aperture size. But the lips are merely the exit point—a small segment of a much larger acoustic and physiological system: the River of Air that… Read more