The feelings and perspectives that surround “general music” in music education range from the excitement of those who teach or experience it to curiosity or puzzlement from those who do not. Many people frame general music as an elementary school…
Tobias, E. S. (2014). Flipping the misogynist script: Gender, agency, Hip Hop, and music education. Action, Criticism and Theory for Music Education, 13(2), 49-84. In my article Flipping the misogynist script: Gender, agency, Hip Hop, and music education I make…
I am looking forward to attending and presenting at this year’s Texas Music Educators Association (TMEA) Conference. The last time I attended TMEA I spent the majority of the conference working on a special project involving improvisation, composition, and varied…
Tobias, E. S. (2013). Toward convergence: Adapting music education to contemporary society and participatory culture. Music Educators Journal, 99(4), 29–36. doi:10.1177/0027432113483318 The digital supplement providing examples of the varied musical practices I discuss in the article. (Also available on the…
I just found out, thanks to Justin Davidson, about the 5th year anniversary of the WNYC radio program Soundcheck. Congratulations are definitely due to John Schaefer (the host) and the Soundcheck crew, for an excellent radio show. I have Soundcheck…