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Education’s Relationship with Masculinity with Dr. Brendan Kwiatkowski

March 17, 2023 by Chris Munce 2 Comments

Did you know that boys have fallen behind girls in almost every measurable academic category? Boys are 3-6 times more likely to have an ADHD diagnosis, 3-5 times more likely to be expelled, 2-3 times more likely to die from suicide, and are reporting higher levels of loneliness on average. There are a lot of […]

Filed Under: Choralosophy Tagged With: ACDA Membership Benefits, Diversity, gender, inclusion, masculinity

Digging into National ACDA

March 3, 2023 by Chris Munce Leave a Comment

Last week, I attended the first national gathering of the American Choral Directors since 2019. I had some incredible experiences, saw incredible choirs, heard wonderful and challenging thoughts presented in PD sessions. In this episode, I will recap my highlights, as well as presenting the highlights of some conference attendees that I interviewed during my […]

Filed Under: Choralosophy Tagged With: ACDA Membership Benefits, American Choral Directors Association, Diverstiy, inclusion, National Convention

Literacy is Equity Live from CMEA

February 17, 2023 by Chris Munce Leave a Comment

This presentation is the second part, or “why” sequel to Episode 135. In that episode, I lay out processes and procedures to build independent literacy skills in a beginning choir. In this presentation, I expanded into the moral and scientific case for centering literacy in our curricula, as well as support for my contention that there […]

Filed Under: Choralosophy Tagged With: Equity, inclusion, music education, music literacy, neuroscience, science of reading

Remaking History with Dr. Marques L.A. Garrett

February 10, 2023 by Chris Munce Leave a Comment

This week, welcome BACK to the show Dr. Marques Garrett, who last appeared in episode 17, “Beyond Elijah Rock,” where many of us were introduced to the concept of “non-idiomatic” music of Black composers. In this episode, part of the “Oxford Series,” Marques returns to celebrate his latest contribution to the growing canon of music by Black composers […]

Filed Under: Choralosophy Tagged With: black history, Black History Month, choir, Diversity, inclusion, music educators, Oxford Press

The Belonging Buffet

November 4, 2022 by Chris Munce Leave a Comment

Obvious: All humans need to feel connected and have a sense of belonging. Less obvious: Teacher’s have less power to actually achieve this with all students than we think. We can WELCOME all students. But belonging has to be mutual and organic. Hot take: not ALL students need this from their school or ALL of their […]

Filed Under: Choralosophy Tagged With: belonging, choir, choir teacher, inclusion

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

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