Author Archive: J. Pisano
Joseph M. Pisano, Ph.D. is the creator of many education websites, lecturer, clinician, trumpeter, and conductor. He is currently the Associate Chair of Music and Fine Arts at Grove City College, PA and the Vice President of TI:ME. He also writes for DCI Magazine, In-Tune Monthly and has contributed hundreds of articles to various publications. Find out more at his website jpisano.com.
Pennsylvania Music Educators Association 2013 Conference – #PMEA2013
So, what’s new PMEA 2013? -plenty as always. Going to a conference is always a great way to recharge your “excitement battery” -this is true for any conference. Over the years, I’ve built up a number of relationships with conference folks both locally and nationally. The conferences are now almost like a “homecoming” to [...]
Our Music Technology Facebook Page
Here is the latest “flyer” that I’m posting at my college related to MusTech.Net’s Facebook Page. If you haven’t been to our page yet, please check it out: http://fb.com/mustech.net In addition to the MusTech.Net articles being posted there, we have five Grove City College Music Majors curating and posting the latest music news, related [...]
What Is The Copyright Alert System?
The Copyright Alert System (CAS) goes active this week. CAS was organized and championed by the Recording and Film Industry and targets consumers using peer-to peer (P2P) software. What it means to you is that if your IP address is indicated in any illegal sharing of copyrighted materials via a participating ISP, you will [...]
NAXOS Music Library – Over 1 Million Classical Tracks!
While at the TMEA/TI:ME 2013 Conferences in San Antonio this past week, I got to meet up with my friends Randall Foster and Nick D’Angiolillo at the NAXOS Music Booth. Randall has been championing this incredible music service for over five years as well as managing the domestic licensing needs of North America for NAXOS. [...]
Noteflight Partners with New Education Tech Provider MusicFirst (PR)
Boston, MA (PRWEB) February 14, 2013 Noteflight, LLC (noteflight.com) today announced its partnership with The Music Sales Group’s new digital education division,MusicFirst, offering teachers and students easy-to-use, affordable, cloud-based music education services and related activities. Music Sales selected Noteflight as one of its marquee products that allows teachers and students to create and share music [...]
iPad Apps for Encouraging Improvisation – McCready & Pisano
I was excited to perform a joint clinic with Richard McCready at the 2013 TMEA/TI:ME 2013 Conferences in San Antonio last week. Fifty minutes was not enough time to do the clinic justice -and juggling all of the gear made it challenging, nonetheless it sure was informative for the large crowd and lots of [...]
Teaching Music Through Composition, A Curriculum Using Technology – Barbara Freedman
I was very excited to see my friend Barbara Freedman’s book arrive at the Texas Music Educators Association’s 2013 Conference last week! This book is sure to become a best-seller and is worthy of serious consideration from any music teacher looking to teach music concepts through the creative process of music composition. The book [...]
