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Should We Pay Student Teachers? With Dr. Tina Beveridge

January 13, 2023 by Chris Munce Leave a Comment

Is student teaching a “class?” or a “job?” Does this practice need a revamp in the face of the current teacher shortage? In this episode, I invited Tina Beveridge on to hash out a disagreement. A few months ago, I created a TikTok expressing my opinion that student teachers don’t “deserve” a paycheck. Mostly based […]

Filed Under: Choralosophy Tagged With: Access, ACDA Membership Benefits, American Choral Directors Association, Economy, Education, Equity

Leveling the Playing Field with Dr. Chantae Pittman

September 30, 2022 by Chris Munce Leave a Comment

On this episode Dr. Chantae Pittman joins me in the ongoing conversation surrounding the philosophy of choral music education. Why are we there? What is our function? Just how critical is it that students who complete a term or more in vocal music in school are able to reach some level of music reading proficiency. Dr. Pittman […]

Filed Under: Choralosophy Tagged With: ACDA Membership Benefits, Equity, inclusion, literacy, merit, music, rigor

What is Our MAIN Job?

September 9, 2022 by Chris Munce Leave a Comment

Is creating a welcoming, inclusive, fun, engaging and safe learning environment enough to be an excellent choir teacher? I say no. Is choir an activity or an academic course of study? You can get a PhD in it. It is an academic subject. In this episode, I “dialogue” with many of you who joined a […]

Filed Under: Choralosophy Tagged With: ACDA Membership Benefits, American Choral Directors Association, Equity, literacy, vocal pedagogy

If Every One Agrees, We Can’t Have the “Difficult Conversations” with Micah Horton

June 10, 2022 by Chris Munce Leave a Comment

Many people think they are speaking truth to power, but they are really just preaching to the choir. This episode deals with the role of political discourse in the lives of all citizens, and educators in particular. The future of education is hanging in the balance right now as I see it, based on the […]

Filed Under: Choralosophy Tagged With: ACDA Membership Benefits, Diversity, Equity, inclusion, Music Ed, music educators

Songs of reImagining: Your Turn

May 25, 2022 by Shannon Marie Gravelle Leave a Comment

At my previous institution, I taught a senior capstone class. The class could be about any topic in performance, theory, or history, which left it pretty wide open. I felt strongly that the students should have a class on what I called “silenced voices,” a class that went back and covered the same survey timeline […]

Filed Under: Others Tagged With: ADEI, belonging, Choral Music, composers, Equity

Songs of (re)Imagining: Margaret Bonds

April 27, 2022 by Shannon Marie Gravelle Leave a Comment

Margaret Bonds (1913–1972) was an American composer and arranger, notably setting many texts by Langston Hughes (a close friend) and arranging African-American spirituals. When she was growing up, she lived in a home that had visits from Florence Price and Will Marion Cook. She studied piano and composition with Florence Price and William Dawson during […]

Filed Under: Others Tagged With: Choral Music, Equity, Repertoire

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Giacomo Puccini's opera "La bohème" was premiered on this day in 1896 at the Teatro Regio in Turin, conducted by Arturo Toscanini.

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