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The Future of MENC National Conferences?

On April 24th MENC posted an announcement regarding changes in future national conferences. Here’s a copy of the announcement: MENC Leadership Sets New National Conference Schedule In April, the MENC National Executive Board (NEB) voted to replace the association’s long-standing national biennial conference with an annual national event or series of events. According to MENC President-Elect Barbara Geer, who becomes president July 1, the new format, still in development, aims to give members experiences that are even more focused and… Read More »The Future of MENC National Conferences?

MENC 2008 National Conference

The MENC 61st National Biennial Conference is just around the corner, taking place from April 9th-13th in Milwaukee, WI. You can take a look at a preliminary schedule on the conference website. It looks like it’s going to be a fabulous conference! It will be interesting to compare the sessions available at the conference this year to the findings of Price and Orman in their recent study comparing four major conferences (including MENC National) during 2002 and 2004. The study… Read More »MENC 2008 National Conference

Notation Software Discussion…

James Frankel is encouraging people to post about their preference between the notation programs Sibelius and Finale. If you use one of them and have an opinion you would like to express, head over to his post and add a comment. If you have been thinking about using a notation program and are curious what other people think it might be interesting to read the comments that have already been added. I’ll throw in an extra question and ask: “How… Read More »Notation Software Discussion…

Celebration of Women Instrumentalists

Thanks to a recent announcement on the Gender Research in Music Education list I found out about a great new resource which will feature and celebrate a woman instrumentalist twice a month. Created by Susan Fleet, this website offers students a great way to learn more about women instrumentalists throughout history. I remember my first year of teaching when one of the first things I hung up on my wall was a New York Times article about percussionist Susie Ibarra… Read More »Celebration of Women Instrumentalists

Congratulations HASTAC Digital Media & Learning Grant Winners! Another look at technology based ensembles!

Congratulations to Daniel Truemen and Perry Cook for their Mobile Musical Networks project as well as the other winners of the HASTAC Digital Media & Learning Grant Competition! The following is a description of the Mobile Musical Networks project: Project Description: Mobile Musical Networks will build an expressive mobile musical laboratory for exploring new ways of making music with laptops and local-area-networks. Students will collaborate in designing these technologies. In the process, they will learn about a variety of subjects,… Read More »Congratulations HASTAC Digital Media & Learning Grant Winners! Another look at technology based ensembles!