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Welcome Back To School…

Welcome back to those of you recently returning to teaching after a hopefully relaxing summer, and those of you who have been in school for the past few weeks, I hope your year is off to a great start. I’ve been extremely busy with classes, reading, research etc., but in celebration of evening temperatures creeping below 100 degrees and a wonderful short burst of rain a couple of minutes ago  I figured I’d write a quick post. I was excited… Read More »Welcome Back To School…

Temporary Hiatus and some changes….

Sorry about the recent hiatus. I am currently in the process of moving to Arizona to join the music education faculty at Arizona State University and am spending all of my remaining time writing papers and reading an exceedingly growing number of books and articles. I’m also preparing for some upcoming presentations.  I’m off to Bologna in two weeks to attend the International Society for Music Education Conference and present a paper regarding popular culture and music ed. In September… Read More »Temporary Hiatus and some changes….

CC Mixter being sold……

Creative Commons’s decision to sell CC mixter (an online remix community) might be cause for alarm, though it could also lead to a new and improved version of the site. The concept behind CC Mixter and resources it offers have important implications for music education. It provides both a space and means for legal remixing as well as a window into the many different ways a piece of music can be varied and remixed through the iterations shared on the… Read More »CC Mixter being sold……

Perspectives on Approaches to Music Theory…..

The Texas Tech Music Theory Department blog has some recent posts with interesting perspectives of ways to approach approaches music theory classes. They are definitely worth reading, especially for those of you who teach High School level music theory classes. The first post discusses two main philosophical approaches being discussed in their department. The second post includes some great questions to consider. I found the end of the post particularly exciting. Three philosophical orientations are presented as alternatives to traditional… Read More »Perspectives on Approaches to Music Theory…..

Web 2.0 Listening: Interesting Interview…..

For a while now I’ve been keeping track of Web-based listening/music discovery/remixing etc. applications that I believe have positive implications for and uses in music classrooms. I alluded to some possible uses in a presentation I gave at the New Directions in General Music Conference at MSU earlier this year. Today the Listening Post featured an interview with the creator of Muxtape one of the applications included in my del.icio.us collection (click on the link in the first paragraph to… Read More »Web 2.0 Listening: Interesting Interview…..