Comments on: If Amazing Music Is Being Performed And No One Stops To Listen -Is It Being Heard? http://mustech.net/2007/04/12/if-amazing-music-is-being-performed-and-no-one-stops-to-listen-is-it-being-heard *** A Symphony of Music Education, and Technology! Wed, 19 Nov 2008 17:46:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: obradley48 http://mustech.net/2007/04/12/if-amazing-music-is-being-performed-and-no-one-stops-to-listen-is-it-being-heard#comment-225 obradley48 Mon, 16 Apr 2007 17:32:44 +0000 http://www.mustech.net/2007/04/if-amazing-music-is-being-performed-and-no-one-stops-to-listen-is-it-being-heard/#comment-225 This is troubling- I see it echoed in my own school time after time giving a state-level performance on worthy music only to have parents drop their students off for the concert and go out to dinner! I think that we CAN change this just as education shaped (and to a certain extent helped save) Jazz. It is up to us to TEACH the LOVE and APPRECIATION of music to this generation so that in years to come they will be come educated consumers of the arts. As I tell my students- you don't have to major in music to make a difference- having a deep appreciation and respect for the Arts just makes us more interesting people. It is a way for us to define beauty. This is troubling- I see it echoed in my own school time after time giving a state-level performance on worthy music only to have parents drop their students off for the concert and go out to dinner!

I think that we CAN change this just as education shaped (and to a certain extent helped save) Jazz. It is up to us to TEACH the LOVE and APPRECIATION of music to this generation so that in years to come they will be come educated consumers of the arts.

As I tell my students- you don’t have to major in music to make a difference- having a deep appreciation and respect for the Arts just makes us more interesting people. It is a way for us to define beauty.

]]> By: mykiru http://mustech.net/2007/04/12/if-amazing-music-is-being-performed-and-no-one-stops-to-listen-is-it-being-heard#comment-226 mykiru Mon, 16 Apr 2007 08:53:49 +0000 http://www.mustech.net/2007/04/if-amazing-music-is-being-performed-and-no-one-stops-to-listen-is-it-being-heard/#comment-226 hello joseph yuor blog is so cool i like it... feel free to visit my new blog http://mykiru.blogspot.com see you hello joseph yuor blog is so cool i like it… feel free to visit my new blog http://mykiru.blogspot.com see you

]]> By: Joseph Pisano http://mustech.net/2007/04/12/if-amazing-music-is-being-performed-and-no-one-stops-to-listen-is-it-being-heard#comment-228 Joseph Pisano Thu, 12 Apr 2007 15:31:48 +0000 http://www.mustech.net/2007/04/if-amazing-music-is-being-performed-and-no-one-stops-to-listen-is-it-being-heard/#comment-228 Amy, Thanks so much for your comments. You are right on, I too have a 1st-grader and am "boggled" by how much "music" speaks to them. How much they learn better from the application of music to other subjects... Think ABCs here. As music educators "we" need to do a better job at integrating our profession into other subjects, especially in the younger children and getting that information out to the other subject teachers. Classic example of a basic music method attached to rudimentary knowledge levels: The older generations of "us" in the U.S. can tell you the basic menu at McDonalds... Big Mac, Filet of Fish, 1/4 pounder, french fries. That aside, the stride made by children who follow the Orff, Kodaly and other methods is astounding, again especiall for motor skills and coordination. I can't even imagine a kindergarten or pre-school class without music, I'm sure they're out...and missing huge connective opportunities. J. Pisano Amy,

Thanks so much for your comments. You are right on, I too have a 1st-grader and am “boggled” by how much “music” speaks to them. How much they learn better from the application of music to other subjects… Think ABCs here. As music educators “we” need to do a better job at integrating our profession into other subjects, especially in the younger children and getting that information out to the other subject teachers. Classic example of a basic music method attached to rudimentary knowledge levels: The older generations of “us” in the U.S. can tell you the basic menu at McDonalds… Big Mac, Filet of Fish, 1/4 pounder, french fries. That aside, the stride made by children who follow the Orff, Kodaly and other methods is astounding, again especiall for motor skills and coordination.

I can’t even imagine a kindergarten or pre-school class without music, I’m sure they’re out…and missing huge connective opportunities.

J. Pisano

]]> By: Amy http://mustech.net/2007/04/12/if-amazing-music-is-being-performed-and-no-one-stops-to-listen-is-it-being-heard#comment-227 Amy Thu, 12 Apr 2007 13:47:21 +0000 http://www.mustech.net/2007/04/if-amazing-music-is-being-performed-and-no-one-stops-to-listen-is-it-being-heard/#comment-227 Joseph, My friend just sent me the article and the same questions came to my mind too. One item that spoke to me was the woman with her preschooler. The preschooler, Evan, wants to listen to the music. He is drawn towards it and mom is on a schedule and has to get him to the door. I am a PreK-3rd grade music teacher and this is why I am so passionate about music being taught to this age group. They are drawn to music and want to sing, listen, and move to it continuously. In addition, great blog! Amy Burns Joseph,

My friend just sent me the article and the same questions came to my mind too. One item that spoke to me was the woman with her preschooler. The preschooler, Evan, wants to listen to the music. He is drawn towards it and mom is on a schedule and has to get him to the door. I am a PreK-3rd grade music teacher and this is why I am so passionate about music being taught to this age group. They are drawn to music and want to sing, listen, and move to it continuously.

In addition, great blog!
Amy Burns

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