Research shows that teaching to different “learning styles” doesn’t help. Music is featured in this story (at about the 3 minute mark in the story that lasts a little over four minutes): The NPR story.
Honduras President Bans Cell Phones at Meetings. Do you?
Recently, Honduras President Porfirio Lobo banned cell phones at all of his meetings, complaining that it was “a lack of courtesy” that the phones are ringing and beeping during the weekly two-hour Cabinet meeting. One of my colleagues counts people as absent if he sees a person texting in class. Another person has […]
Guest Blog: Choral Singing and Political Power
From an interested ChoralNet user who wishes to remain anonymous: You live in a very small country that has been invaded, occupied, and controlled for decades, in fact centuries. For a brief period in the twentieth century, from 1918 until 1940, your country was free and independent, but then terror struck again. During the […]
Inkling for iPad – Music featured prominently
I follow a number of tech blogs, podcasts and news publications. One prominent website, GigaOM, recently featured “Inkling,” a new e-reader for college textbooks. I was pleased to see music featured prominently in the video demonstration of the program. The video wouldn’t load properly on the ChoralBlog, so check it out here. […]
National Anthem Too Violent for Goshen College
This bit of news was surprising to me on a Friday afternoon. I must have missed the news when it broke over the summer: Tiny Goshen College in Indiana has banned the “The Star Spangled Banner: at all sporting events because the Mennonite school’s president considers the National Anthem’s words to be too violent. […]
BBC Magazine – a great resource
Do you know about BBC’s “Music?” I have a choir member who brings me the magazine every month and I always find each issue informative and creative. The September 2011 issue features some topics of real interest to choral conductors: 1. An interview with Einojuhani Rautavaara: Hilary Finch travels to Finland to […]