Chris Grifa Music

Hello Everyone! I hope you are families are safe and healthy during this crazy time in our history. I wanted to let you know that ChrisGrifaMusic.com is now thehighperformingdirector.com and that the chrisgrifamusic website will be shutting down. I am about finished transferring and updating the materials from cgmusic.com to thehighperformingdirector.com. If you have not checked out The High Performing Director, check it out! There is even a podcast! Thank you for checking out the CGmusic website and I hope the materials there have been helpful to you. I hope you join me at www.thehighperformingdirector.com! Sincerely, Chris Grifa

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It was a pleasure working with the Goshen Middle School bands today! What awesome students to work with! There are some absolutely amazing things happening at Goshen Middle! Outstanding work Rocco and Jessica!

Hello Friends! I know that it has been a pretty long time since my last post! A lot has gone on the past year! In May, my wife and I welcomed our first son Geno into our family! That has been such an awesome experience! I have switched schools, still in Carmel but now at Clay Middle School. The day care that Geno attends is attached to my middle school and the best part is that the infant room literally shares a wall with the band room. I am able to go seem him whenever I want during the day, which is amazing! It was a hard decision leaving Creekside, but the right decision for my family. I have also started graduate school at the University of Florida. With that, I have finally been able to finish my last blog post in the Ensemble Sound Series and I invite you to check it out! The website is not yet where I envisioned to be, but I am really hoping to be able to start to do more. Thanks so much for reading. Feel free to contact me with any questions!

The Ensemble Sound Series #6: Sustains: The final Chapter | chrisgrifamusic Welcome to the Ensemble Sound Blog Series. The blog posts in this series are meant to help you think through and hopefully help you come up with some ideas on h...

If you would like a copy of my session handout for Midwest click on the following link http://www.chrisgrifamusic.com/ #!media/mainPage

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Thank you for all of the positive feedback from those of you that attended my clinic at Midwest! I hope you all had a wonderful holiday and a great start to your new year. I am hopping now that my sessions are over to be able to start to really post more content to both the page and website. If you would like to get updated of new material, make sure to hit "Like"! Thanks so much and have a great second half of the year!

Had a wonderful time at VMEA in Norfolk, Virginia. Thanks so much to Mike Oare and Rob Carroll and their students in the Great Bridge Middle School 8th grade band for doing a wonderful job in supporting my clinic!What a wonderful group of students! A couple of small and exciting tweaks coming for my clinic at Midwest!

Happy Halloween! Here is my latest blog in the "Ensemble Sound Series". This exercise will directly help your students in the way that they approach their music. Check it out!

Bridging the Gap: The F Re*****on (3-1) | chrisgrifamusic Welcome to the Ensemble Sound Blog Series. The blog posts in this series are meant to help you think through and hopefully help you come up with some idea...

Check out this article in The Instrumentalist magazine on a fantastic approach to teaching drum set in any classroom setting. Bonus! The article was written by my Dad!

Hello Friends! I hope all of you are off to a wonderful start to the school year! I apologize for the delay since my last post. It is hard to believe that we are already three weeks into our school year here in Carmel, Indiana! The 4th blog in the Ensemble Sound Series is all about tonguing and its affect on the ensemble sound. I hope you enjoy and have a great Labor Day weekend!

The Ensemble Sound Blog Series #4 - “High-Definition Articulations” | chrisgrifamusic Welcome to the Ensemble Sound Blog Series. The blog posts in this series are meant to help you think through and hopefully help you come up with some ideas...

The Biggest Blockbuster of the summer is finally here! Check out Part 3 of the Ensemble Sound Series, THE POWER OF 1-1! This feature post comes to you in 3 Episodes; Episode I: The Return of the Power 5; Episode II: The Quest for Purity; Episode III: The Journey Continues. This trilogy breaks down 1-1 and how it relates to the Power 5 fundamentals of playing, we critically dissect our band performing 1-1, and it concludes with ways to work on advanced listening and ensemble concepts by using 1-1. The complete trilogy is available now on www.chrisgrifamusic.com.

The Ensemble Sound Blog Series #3: The Power of 1-1, Episode 1 | chrisgrifamusic Welcome to the Ensemble Sound Blog Series. The blog posts in this series are meant to help you think through and hopefully help you come up with some ideas on h...

Hello Friends! Here is Part 2 of the Ensemble Sound Blog Series. This blog talks about the 5 main fundamentals of sound that will help to improve your overall ensemble sound. Thanks for reading!

The Ensemble Sound Blog Series #2 - "The Power 5" | chrisgrifamusic Welcome to the Ensemble Sound Blog Series. The blog posts in this series are meant to help you think through and hopefully help you come up with some ideas on h...

Hello Friends! Here is my latest blog entry! It is the first in the "Ensemble Sound Series". Let me know your thoughts!

The Ensemble Sound Blog Series: #1 - Deciding on Your Ensemble Sound | chrisgrifamusic Hello friends and colleagues! Welcome to the Ensemble Sound Blog Series. The blog posts in this series are meant to help you think through and hopefully help yo...