How do you teach students to read music? For Margaret Jenks, it’s about teaching them that they already know how to. Jenks roots her teaching in attention: noticing rhythm, noticing patterns, noticing absence, and most importantly, noticing each other. The best teachers do not work from a checklist—rather, they teach intention and intentional listening. They guide students toward a greater awareness of the world.

Theme Music

“Mr. Gentle and Mr. Cool” written by Duke Ellington and Laura Rembert
Sony/ATV Harmony (ASCAP) / Music Sales Corporation (ASCAP) o/b/o itself and Tempo Music

Performed by Sean Jones and NYO Jazz

Margaret Jenks Episode

“Groovin’ Hard” written by Don Menza

Croma Music (ASCAP)

Performed by Jazz Express

“Fuzzy Caterpillar Song” written by Patty Zeitlin

Bullfrog Ballades (ASCAP) / Budde Music, Inc. (ASCAP)

“Little Snowflake” written by Troy McDonald and Devon Charles Thagard

WC Music Corp. (ASCAP) o/b/o Skyship Music Limited