Ken Robinson gives us another insightful lecture. Watch the whole thing:
Clausen featured at 9/11 memorial
This from A Cappella News: A musical piece composed by a Concordia College professor will be on center stage in New York City for the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. Rene Clausen will conduct “Memorial” on Sunday at Lincoln Center. He was commissioned to compose the piece based on the events of […]
Learning About Sound
Eric Whitacre is pointing me to all the great videos these days:
Celebrity Voices do Whitacre’s Sleep
Pretty creative. And I’ve heard of Britney Spears.
Musings at the beginning of a school year
Elementary music blogger Amy Burns makes a ten point list about the things she is happy about with the start of school. A few are listed here, see the others on her site. Amy’s list: Concert planning. I adore planning for the upcoming concerts with listening and playing through some wonderful songs. Singing. My […]
Is ACDA the right name for us?
In case you haven’t heard, MENC (Music Educators National Conference” changed it’s name to NAME (National Association for Music Education) on September 1, 2011. Here is part of the announcement: One of the world’s oldest and largest arts education organizations enters a new chapter in its distinguished history today when it officially assumes the […]