The field of music education has been debating the best approach towards advocacy for years. Usually when we read a perspective on music advocacy it is either within the field or from the music industry sector. So it was refreshing…
Besides being a great resource for information on music and composers, the Online Conservatory (a project of Northeastern University and the Boston Symphony Orchestra) serves as a possible model for the next generation of concert notes. While many music teaches…
Pre-Mixing Rjd2 I’m a big fan of musicians allowing people to remix their music. Hip Hop musician Rjd2 is currently allowing people to pre-mix his music. Unlike a remix in which one works on a piece of music already created,…
If you didn’t know already, 2007 is MENC’s centennial year. One of the celebration campaigns is having a Centennial Canon performed and recorded by MENC members and/or their students and then submitted to MENC. What would the Canon sound like…
I was interested to read about Roger Bourland’s approaches to teaching music theory and making it more meaningful to his students. One of the approaches that stood out as a great idea was having the students bring music they are…