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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…..

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…