For teachers the best “New Year’s Resolutions” shouldn’t start on January 1st, rather they should start at the beginning of every school-year.   There are many AWESOME things that music educators are doing online that will reinvigorate …

I recently was asked to become an affiliate member of the the Support Music Coalition.   I had my first teleconference call last Thursday (I tweeted some of this under the hashtag #SmusC).   The work that the …

I recently posted a large article over at the MusicPLN.org (MPLN) about the state of the site.  I am very excited to say that, by ALL accounts, the site has been a smashing success.  Not …

It’s out of the Bag…  I’ve been working on it for months.  The Music Education Professional Learning Network (PLN) is officially in ALPHA state.  I’m hoping that this will be the next big thing in bringing …

Each April brings withit the hope that even more students will be enlightened by America’s Music: Jazz.   Although jazz has its roots in both African and European music, the birth of jazz is truly and wholly …

Life is not so short but that there is always enough for courtesy –Emerson

It’s so easy to become publicly criticized when writing ones’ thoughts about proper conduct and education, whether simply in the schools or …

Quick Update 4/5/2010: I’ve updated the TweetGrid Template.  -Try this new template here
Last week was the inaugural launch of the weekly Music Education Twitter Chat.  If you participated, you witnessed and were involved with one of …

Hello from Chicago and the 2009 Midwest Clinic!  It’s cold up here but, as always, it’s been a great and FUN experience and one that I truly value! 
The Annual Midwest Clinic is more than fun …

I’ve worked with many teachers.  I’ve been taught by many teachers pre-k through 12th grade, under-graduate, graduate, and throughout my doctoral education-related degree programs.   I work with students aspiring to be teachers, student-teachers,  cooperating teachers, …

Today’s Monday Morning Music Mix (grab your favorite heated beverage and “take five”):
Monday’s Music Quote, Leonard Bernstein: “This will be our reply to violence: to make music more intensely, more beautifully, more devotedly than ever …

GoogleWave, Bad Teachers, & Broadcasting Live Music -MusTech.Net Episode E-17
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I’m becoming more and more impressed with the usefulness and well-thought purpose of what just may be the only print magazine written specifically to merge the current mainstream music paradigm(s) with the traditional-based music 7-12 public curriculums.  …

Today’s Monday Mix:
We Fail Students by Minimizing Arts: “When totaled, the time came to 66 extra eight-hour days between August and May. With my salary supplement, this came to roughly $3.79 per hour. During the …

In June of 2009, I was part of the MENC Academy discussing very real and important issues facing music educators today with regard to the onslaught of new technologies available to educators to use within …

YouTube Amazing Music Video Series #1: GRP All-Star Big Band, Cherokee
YouTube Title:
Cherokee..Arturo Sandoval Chuck Findley and more
Date Posted on YouTube: 
November 26, 2007
YouTube Original Poster’s Comments:
“A great line-up of Arturo Sandoval, Chuck Findley, Randy …

The Olympic motto, Citius, Altius, Fortius, is a Hendiatris, or a figure of speech.   These three word phrases were typical in ancient Greece and Rome (Veni, Vidi, Vici, etc.).    Citius, Altius, and Fortius translate to …

We all can “talk the talk” when it comes to supporting Fine Arts Education among our friends, but what about really doing something about it on a local level?  Can we do anything at all?  …

Maybe you missed it…
Harris Interactive released the results of their Music Education Poll mid-November of last year.  Here’s a summary:

Music education is associated with those that go on to higher education.
Music education is also associated …

I joined the International Society of Music Educators (ISME) mid-last year.  I did this to become part of a larger music education community.  One that transcends national boundaries.   As many of you know, I am …

Insert Trumpet Fanfare Here!

100 Music Education Bloggers by January of 2009

Mustech.net and the DigitalMusicEducator.wordpress.com have started a campaign to have 100 Music Educators blogging about music, education, and technology by January of 2009. We are inviting …