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With the summer here and a ton of links I have bookmarked to write about over the past few months it’s time for another music education mixtape…… Track 1 – Not all of our top percussionists will end up as…

A Chicago music teacher who revitalized a music program is facing deportation. According to news reports Anand Sukumaran was promised by the Chicago Public Schools that they would assist him in making sure his work visa was taken care of.…

The International Society for Improvised Music (ISIM) just issued a call for proposals for their second annual conference. I attended the first conference last year at University of Michigan and it was phenomenal. There were great performances (the performances by…

About a year ago I wrote about the possibility of robots appearing in school music ensembles. With The League of Electronic Musical Urban Robots (LEMUR) still at it, a set of concerts are being performed by robots with music commissioned…

As I was watching the last couple of minutes of the spelling bee championship tonight I couldn’t help but notice the amount of finalists who were involved in music. But even better then that was the statement of Evan O’Dorney…