Category: Music Advocacy
“Bring Your Parents* to Music Class” Recap (Grades PreK through One)
Last month, I held our week-long “Bring Your Parents* to Music Class” week where parents of students in grades PreK Youngers (3-year-olds), PreK Olders (4-year-olds), Kindergarten, and Grade One can participate in a designated music class. I started this week-long event back in 2007 after talking with Christine Nowmos, an amazing music educator in South [...]
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 [...]
NAfME is Seeking Music Advocacy at the Congressional Level and Seeks Your Support
Calling all music educators, music students, music parents, and friends of music education… This election year is an opportunity to let your community and the new Congress know how vital music education is for students and for our society. Between now and January 31st, we want to collect stories about music education from across the [...]
Music Ed Motivation Day – Today
Music Education Motivation Day (#musedmot) starts and finishes today. I’m excited to be a part of something so innovative. Catherine Dwinal (Catie) started the idea for this a number of months ago and today is the official launch of it. #musedmot has various topics that will be discussed during the day and you [...]
The MusicPLN.org is DEAD, Long Live the MusicPLN.org!
I have an announcement to make and it’s not one that I’ve made lightly or without a tremendous amount of thought, conversation, and reflection: After two years, the MusicPLN.org will officially close its doors on May 1st, 2012. In its place a number of us have begun and, with this post, officially announce the Music [...]
Music Education Blog Carnival 2011-12 – Starting Now!
As always, I’m getting geared-up for a very exciting 2011-2012 school year for all of us in music education! Since 2008, the start of the year also brings with it the start of the Music Education Blog Carnival. Starting this year’s Music Education Blog Carnival Series will be veteran Music Education Blogger and [...]
Bloggers/Tweeters Unite To Help MENC – Is It Enough?
MENC is currently still in the running to win additional monies from the Facebook Chase Campaign. We now have 1500+ supporters for the campaign, but are at least 1000 votes from securing a spot in the top twenty-five winning positions… There are many of us ringing the “proverbial bell” to help them and thus -Music [...]
