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Top Music Pedagogues To Follow On Twitter:

Submitted by J. Pisano on August 20, 2009 – 10:17 amView Comments    



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I’ve decided to make a post (and quite possibly a permanent page) that contains active Music Educators or People/Entities that Twitter quite frequently about Interesting and Timely Music Topics. 

Here is the on-going and evolving criteria (to start with):

  • Is a musician or music-related entity/group (Industry, Educator, Performer, etc.) that Tweets about relevant Music Ideas, Thoughts, Tips, or News OTHER THAN some type of self- promotion or group or ensemble promotion (i.e. twittering about their latest song, performance, or sale).  
  • Has at least 100 Followers.
  • Has at least 250 Tweets.
  • Has been active on Twitter consistantly in the last 3 months and Tweets at least once a week.
  • TWEETS quite a bit about music related topics that would be of interest to most musicians. (Yes, many of their Tweets will/can still be fun, off-topic, or just “stream of consciousness”.)
  • Does not  Tweet anything inappropriate for students.

Many of the online Twitter directories do not include any-type of music education related category and those that do contain many non-related or non-active Twitter Accounts.   It’s my hope that list will take some of the “guess-work” and time out of the process of finding good Music Education related Tweets as all of the Twitter Accounts listed here are ones that I’ve reviewed myself and find very interesting and active.  As the school year starts, I hope to engage my college students in helping me to identify a more expansive list of Music Pedagogues that Twitter.

Here is a dozen Music Twitterers to start the list and for you to FOLLOW on Twitter:

1. Joseph Pisano @pisanojm
http://twitter.com/pisanojm
2. Carol Broos @musictechie
http://twitter.com/musictechie
3. Jason Heath @jasonheath
http://twitter.com/jasonheath
4. Alex Ruthmann @alexruthmann
http://twitter.com/alexruthmann
5. Brenda Muench @bmuench
http://twitter.com/bmuench
6. James Frankel @jimfrankel
http://twitter.com/jimfrankel
7. Ken Pendergrass @mystro2b
http://twitter.com/mystro2b
8.  Randall Foster @randallfoster
http://twitter.com/randallfoster
9. Andy Zweibel @Zweibz7
http://twitter.com/Zweibz7
10. William Bauer @wbauer
http://twitter.com/wbauer
11. SoundTree @soundtree
http://twitter.com/soundtree
12. MENC @menc
http://twitter.com/menc

Meeting the criteria very soon:
TI:ME – http://twitter.com/techmusiced
Amy Willis -http://twitter.com/awillis2
Keith Mason -http://twitter.com/keithmason
Scott Watson http://twitter.com/scott_watson

I’m looking to take this list to 100 in the near future.  I’m especially interested in those that actively TWEET great music-related materials and are fairly active Twitterers.   I’d love to see more composers, theorists, musicologists, music industry, and performer/educators (those that perform and educate), in addition to more top-notch Music Educators and Music Technologists on this list.

Please feel free to add yourself or others that you know that meet the criteria in the comment section here.   Even if you/they don’t meet the criteria list yet (but are emerging) please let us know below.  I will update this list sometime in mid-to-late September after the school year has started and “settled”.

      

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  • kristinvandorn
    @composersforum wants to be added to your list too!
  • @composecreate Just found this article--I'm glad you are working on enlarging this list. Useful tweets are valuable but hard to come by. I'm a composer especially of piano educational music and a blogger about teaching composition to children. I think I meet your criteria and would love to be added to your list.
  • Joe, thanks for adding me and compiling this fantastic list! I would love to contribute to your how-to-twitter series, if you are interested!
  • Feel free to add @musicregistry to your list - this company has one owner w/ a BM in Choral Music/Voice Performance & a MA in Church Music-the other owner has a long history of teaching music business at UCLA, Trebas & Musicians Institute. The company is more focused on the business side of music, but we always promte educational activities and resources. Thanks
  • heathercaserta
    I haven't been on three months yet, but I try to post several music ed/early childhood articles daily. Love this list! I'm following away!! @HeatherCaserta
  • Lynne Herr
    musidedmagic would be a good addition to your list. thanks for your work!
  • bmuench
    I was wondering why I suddenly had a spike in follower requests!

    I especially like that you've instituted some criteria to make a "good Tweeter". There are so many people in music that I've followed and they tweet 2 or 3 times and then nothing. This list could be a great way for new people to Twitter to see the benefits of being a member of this type of PLN quickly. Great idea!
  • Thanks all... Probably will update this slightly at the end of this coming week to about 16... Please let me of other great music bloggers...either here or @pisanojm on Twitter....
  • jasonheath
    Thanks for the mention in your list, Joe! I hope you're doing well.
  • RT @pisanojm New blog post: Top Music Pedagogues To Follow On Twitter: http://bit.ly/MlNyi
  • Twitterers...Re-Tweet This Article (Quick Re-Tweet Button at start of post). Keep the suggestions coming... I'd like to have a couple dozen to look at in the next coming weeks.
  • @WestMusic offers a lot of helpful articles and items through Twitter. Not to mention they also have provided great articles and connections for Music Therapy. They meet the followers and tweets criteria and they don't typically boast about themselves (occasionally they'll link to a product or two)
  • Everyone...the criteria list is evolving...so let's see where it goes. it's a good start but will need some "massaging". :) My goal is to create a list of twitters that will provide you with enough daily information to keep your mind sharp and creative in your teaching/playing/learning endeavours... I plan on (wow, do I have a lot of "round-to-its") posting a number of how-to-twitter articles in the upcoming months.
  • Thomas,

    Sorry I missed you! I will add you to the next update! :(
  • @thomasjwest Twitter has been an amazing way to reach more people to share music education information with! I've only been on about two weeks, and the ability to reach out and share is amazing.
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