Music education
Has America Given up on Arts Education?
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- Tuesday, 11 August 2015
Here we are heading into another school year and, once again, communities all across America are struggling with funding cutbacks that affect teachers, school programs and school facilities.
All Uke Can Do: Enhancing General Music through the Ukulele
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- Tuesday, 11 August 2015
When educators think of the ukulele in music education, our minds often go to 5th grade and junior high students. We never even fathom the idea of teaching it to students who are only 5 years old.
Student exchange between universities in Kenya and Uganda
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- Wednesday, 29 July 2015
As part of the African Music Development Programme, students from The Technical University of Kenya visited the Department of Performing Arts and Film at Makerere University in Uganda, for over a month from June 12th to July 16th.
Support for anniversary tour of the Palestine Youth Orchestra
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- Tuesday, 28 July 2015
The Palestine Youth Orchestra (PYO) was established in 2004 by the Edward Said National Conservatory of Music (ESNCM), with the vision of bringing together young Palestinian musicians from around the world in a high-quality orchestral ensemble.
The Orchestra will be inaugurating its second decade by touring France this summer. The tour will take place between the 17th and the 29th of August. 84 young musicians will gather in France for two weeks of music making and will present concerts in Paris, Lyon and Aix-en-Provence. See the project description here.
The Global Search for Education: Is This the Age of the Arts?
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- Thursday, 23 July 2015
Arts education is making a difference in improving struggling schools by increasing student engagement and positively changing young lives in countries all over the world.
Deaf students make music
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- Thursday, 23 July 2015
Deaf high school students are playing music with members of the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra (MSO) as part of a workshop with a profoundly deaf concert pianist.
To Create Better Doctors, Cultivate Their Creative Side
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- Thursday, 23 July 2015
Two members of a prominent medical school faculty make the case for incorporating arts-related training into the curriculum.
'Music education is vital in today's pressured world'
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- Thursday, 23 July 2015
It is invigorating and inspiring well beyond a curriculum which is only a small part of lifelong learning, writes Marlborough Master Jonathan Leigh.
USA: Musicians Offer Free Music Lessons with New App
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- Thursday, 09 July 2015
Funding for music in public schools has been slashed by more than 40 percent over the past five years, according to the Performing Arts Alliance.
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