At the beginning of this school year, I instituted something called “Music Monday.” Every Monday, I would play a recording of a piece of music for my students. They, in turn, would respond to the selection by writing a description the piece using musical terms. We would also briefly discuss the piece, including whether or [...]
Dr. Joseph Pisano has updated his list of Music Ed bloggers. There are 30 on the list now, about a third of the way to the 100 bloggers by Dec. 31, 2008 goal. Some of those on the list have been blogging for a while and some (like me) have recently joined in. If you [...]
My school has just finished a week of annual testing with one more day to go on Monday. It couldn’t have been more timely for me to find a piece by Tom Chapin highlighted on Debbie Cavalier’s Music, Education, and Technology Blog. Tom Chapin’s piece, Not on the Test, draws attention to the importance music [...]
