How diverse are the forms of musical engagement that we support in music programs? I think music education, particularly in K-12 contexts could be much more expansive in terms of the types of musical engagement we include or address in…
This post contains resources and references from our NAfME 2018 presentation: STEAM, Maker Culture, and Music Education presented by: Evan Tobias (Assoc. Prof. Music Education, Arizona State University) Ryan Bledsoe (PhD Student, Arizona State University) Nathan Botts (PhD Student, Arizona State University…
Last week my Art of Teaching Contemporary Musicians class discussed and engaged with varied ways to start off middle school or high school students on a new aspect of technology (software or hardware). Here’s what I posted in the I…
Tobias, E. S. (2017). Re-Situating Technology in Music Education. In S. A. Ruthmann & R. Mantie (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Technology and Music Education (pp. 291-308). New York, NY: Oxford University Press. It’s often the case that music…
O’Leary, J., & Tobias, E. S. (2017). Sonic participatory cultures within, through, and around video games. In R. Mantie & G. D. Smith (Eds.), The Oxford handbook of music making and leisure (pp. 541-564). New York, NY: Oxford University Press.…