Music education
Sphinx: Where classical music meets social justice
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- Tuesday, 09 February 2016
Sphinx has had a historic impact on classical music. Two decades ago, the number of African Americans and Latinos in American orchestras was a little less than 2%. Today, that number has risen to more than 4%, and many winning auditions were past Sphinx laureates.
Courting the “lay” listener
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- Tuesday, 09 February 2016
It is a little disheartening that everybody, including “classical” musicians, has the need to grasp for terms like “classical,” “concert,” or worse, “art” music.
Who Actually Quits Musical Instrument Instruction — Children or Their Parents?
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- Tuesday, 26 January 2016
How many times have we heard from adults that they wish their parents didn’t allow them to quit their musical instrument when they were younger?
New Year’s Resolutions for the music classroom
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- Tuesday, 26 January 2016
“A new year. A new semester. A time when teachers throughout the world are designing new lessons and experiences for their music classrooms. A music educator’s role is to provide highly engaged, relevant, and innovative learning opportunities and to instill and inspire in each student a lifetime pursuit of learning and of music.
Study indicates arts work for challenged schools
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- Tuesday, 26 January 2016
The program targeted some of the lowest-performing schools, provided them with teacher training in how to incorporate arts into all academic subjects, free supplies, mini-grants and a mentor.
The Importance of Music for Children
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- Tuesday, 26 January 2016
A very big part of any pre-school program is music, but nowadays with schools on tight budgets and cutting back or even cutting out music programs, perhaps this statement should say “should be music” and not “is” – unfortunately!
The lost art of listening
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- Tuesday, 26 January 2016
There is a conventional wisdom that you come to classical music later. Maybe you have a road-to-Damascus moment, in which Beethoven finally speaks to you.
La musique à portée de mains
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- Tuesday, 26 January 2016
Grâce à la mise en ligne de tutoriels, l’apprentissage d’un instrument est plus facile qu’autrefois. Trois virtuoses commentent pour «Libération» cette révolution numérique.
Musical Review after a Long Break
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- Tuesday, 12 January 2016
Here are a few quick and easy ways you can review with your students after a long break, so you can jump back into your lessons.
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