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Thanks to ptkblog I just learned of jazztube, a website that collects jazz video clips from Youtube and organizes them according to musician. In a way, some of your students can actually say they saw John Coltrane, Clifford Brown or…

Do you or your students ever make use of internet “radio” streaming sites? Sites like Pandora or non commercial radio stations affiliated with NPR or Pacifica for example offer wonderful teaching resources, that is if they are able to afford…

We often talk about the importance of music’s expressive qualities or how we want our students to be able to expressive themselves with and through music. Sometimes we forget, however the role that censorship plays in people expressing themselves through…

If you haven’t already taken a look at the new MENC Creativity Special Research Interest Group website what are you waiting for? It looks great, is easy to navigate and already contains some excellent resources to get us thinking about…

It is important to speak with students about how music plays a role in community and how it may vary depending on where one might live. While people often think of jazz or dixieland as strong musical elements of the…