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Public Forensic Musicology for Music Learning and Teaching

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I’m a proponent of music programs inviting students to engage in public forensic musicology as “musical detectives” and as a form of musical engagement and learning. I include this type of engaged music analysis in my own Art of Teaching Contemporary Musicians Course at ASU (complete with a mock trial). I think forensic musicology has a lot of potential in K-12 settings, assuming that you adjust as necessary for your particular context and students. What is a Forensic Musicologist and… Read More »Public Forensic Musicology for Music Learning and Teaching

Updating Music Programs Panel at SXSW 2019

Let’s get people talking about music education at the 2019 SXSW Festival! Please vote for the VH1 Save the Music Foundation’s SXSW panel: Remixing and Reimagining Music Education. As a panel member (with your help) I’ll share current thinking and great things happening across music education. We’ll discuss collaboration, contemporary musicianship, and technology. We’ll also consider how the music industry can help music teachers update and expand access to music programs. So, let’s make sure music education is represented at SXSW 2019!  Therefore,… Read More »Updating Music Programs Panel at SXSW 2019

Journal of Popular Music Education and Popular Music in Music Education

The first volume and issue of the new Journal of Popular Music Education is available for free online. Congrats to editors Bryan Powell and Gareth Dylan Smith, who were a driving force in the journal coming into existence.

Some Context on Popular Music in Music Education

People sometimes have the misperception that engaging with popular music in music programs is new. It is not. You can find examples of music educators in the US discussing aspects of popular music in music education for over half a century – whether in letters to the editor of MEJ, articles on approaches to teaching popular music, and (more recently) numerous research studies that address aspects of popular music in music learning and teaching ranging from approaches to learning by ear to socio-cultural issues around gender, identity, and power dynamics. You can get a sense of the long histories of popular music in US music programs by reading Dan Isbell’s article Popular Music and the Public School Music Curriculum and Robert Woody’s article Popular Music in School: Remixing the Issues.

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Spark! 2017 The Jam Lounge

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The Jam Lounge Relax. Hang out. Connect & Make Music. All ages. No experience necessary. Requires your own mobile device. In Collaboration with: Consortium for Innovation and Transformation in Music Education (CITME) Arizona State University Music Education and Therapy Division AZ Beat Lab Oh My Ears Sure you can try some musical apps on your own, but the real fun starts when you start jamming with others. We’ve curated some apps that can get you started making music right away… Read More »Spark! 2017 The Jam Lounge

Spark! 2017 Musical Garden

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Musical Garden Play! Sing! Move! Create! Have fun with songs and musical games. Be musical with the young people in your family. For young children and families. No experience necessary Friday & Saturday 12:10 PM  – 12:30 PM 1:10 PM – 1:30 PM 2:10 PM  – 2:30 PM   3:30 PM  – 4:00 PM 4:10 PM – 4:30 PM In collaboration with: Arizona Society for General Music (AzSGM) Arizona State University Music Education and Therapy Division Sing and move with the… Read More »Spark! 2017 Musical Garden