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A Call For Collaborative Musical Engagement: The YouTube Symphony Orchestra and Your Music Program!

The creation of a collaborative orchestra project by YouTube, Michael Tilson Thomas and others is one of the most exciting classical music initiatives I’ve seen in a while. Harnessing the power of the internet, tapping into the notions of participatory culture, and drawing on the abilities of instrumentalists across the world, YouTube’s Symphony Orchestra project has tremendous implications for music educators. What role might music educators play in the YouTube Symphony Orchestra Project? What role might our students play? Why… Read More »A Call For Collaborative Musical Engagement: The YouTube Symphony Orchestra and Your Music Program!

Best Practices in Fair Use – A Helpful Resource!

Thanks to Peter Webster for bringing to my attention an article in the Chronicle regarding a new guide to using copyrighted material in the classroom. The Guide entitled ” The Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Media Literacy Education” is free to download in pdf format. While focusing on media literacy, this guide offers extremely valuable information for music educators. While much of the public discourse on copyright focuses on violations and lawsuits, far less is discussed about… Read More »Best Practices in Fair Use – A Helpful Resource!

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…..

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…

Ripping CDs & Copyright: Legal or Illegal? Authorized or Unauthorized?

I’ve been closely following recent dialogue over the legality of transferring music from a legally purchased CD to a computer. The web has been abuzz since Marc Fisher wrote in a recent article that the RIAA considers the practice of transferring music from a legally purchased CD, illegal. This information quickly spread around the web. Recently an engadget article pointed out that the RIAA legal brief was targeting the sharing of the ripped files as the illegal act and that… Read More »Ripping CDs & Copyright: Legal or Illegal? Authorized or Unauthorized?