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October Conferences!

I apologize for the lack of posting in over a month. October was a busy month and November is starting off the same! October was also a month of wonderful conferences. I still have a smile on my face from the New Horizons Band performance at the CIC conference which took place at the start of the month. Various ways of thinking about music education beyond schools and considering musical practices in our communities were discussed. The CARMU conference on… Read More »October Conferences!

House Subcommittee Hearing on Degrading Stereotypes of Women in Music & Media

I mentioned the Sept. 25th hearing on degrading stereotypes of women in media a couple of days ago in a post regarding the discussion of rap and misogyny. The House Subcommittee hearing titled “From Imus to Industry: The Business of Stereotypes and Degrading Images” provides some interesting material to raise in music classrooms for students’ to discuss. While the transcript of the hearing is not available yet, copies of prepared testimony, video and audio recordings of the hearing are available.… Read More »House Subcommittee Hearing on Degrading Stereotypes of Women in Music & Media

MENC Strategic Plan Comments End After Today September 20th

Today is the last day you can make comments regarding MENC’s Strategic Plan. You can contribute comments via email or on a dedicated bulletin board. As of this post only about 20 people have contributed comments on the bulletin board. The comments range in topic from debate over whether or not there should be high stakes testing in music, to issues of diversity, issues of music teacher certification and issues of partnerships with for profit companies. Do you have an… Read More »MENC Strategic Plan Comments End After Today September 20th

Working the Decks on This Blog: Web-Based Turntablism and more…

Have you ever played a turntable? You can now via the web! That’s right, every time this website is loaded from September 21st through November 25th TurntablePC, an interactive art project, will be triggered to manipulate an LP via the web in an art museum in Denmark. TurntablistPC was developed by Mogens Jacobsen. Every since I ordered a pair of Technic 1200 turntables and a mixer (under the district instrumental budget) for the general music program I used to teach,… Read More »Working the Decks on This Blog: Web-Based Turntablism and more…

Society for Music Teacher Education Symposium Recap

I had a fabulous time at the 2007 SMTE Symposium this past weekend. Congratulations to everyone at University of North Carolina at Greensboro that organized and ran the symposium so smoothly. It was great seeing people I’ve met at previous conferences and meeting new colleagues as well. The conference was packed with important presentations and I learned much from the research, best practices and position papers. I also had a lot of fun giving my presentation with Janet Barrett. I’ve… Read More »Society for Music Teacher Education Symposium Recap