Posted in Education, Music Education, Instrumental, Catalysts on September 27th, 2007 2 Comments »
September is such a busy month for all educators. As an elementary instrumental music teacher I find myself struggling this month with issues around the following two themes:
1. Inclusion/Exclusion: I have spent more energy than every before in creating an inclusive performance program. Although my program is optional for students, I am doing my best […]
Posted in Education, Music Education, Catalysts on August 23rd, 2007 5 Comments »
As I ponder the fact that the Music Educator’s Network - musiced.net has reached an all-time record of over 70,000 unique visits each month this summer, and that this collective is the second link from a google search for “music education blog,” I am left with my own “Catalysts and Connections”:
- Blogging fever is alive […]
Posted in Education, Music Technology/Digital Music, Music Education, Instrumental on November 19th, 2006 10 Comments »
I came across this video entitled Amateur (Thanks to my colleague Steve Austin for bringing it to my attention) . It is created by Lasse Gjertsen, a professional video editor, but an amateur musician that doesn’t play the instruments he is depicted playing in the video. Can this video teach us something about the musical interaction in […]