Creating a Culture
Reprinted with permission from the Spring 2018 issue of the Utah Music Educators Journal When you learn something from people or from a culture, you […]
The Importance of Singing in ALL Music Classes
It is the goal of a professional musician to make playing an instrument or singing look effortless. This can only be achieved with years of […]
Summer Training for Two Great Music Methods
Training in two great music education methods is offered in Kansas each summer. Orff Training The Orff-Schulwerk is a model for music and movement education. […]
Advice from the Experts: The Job Hunt
“Now that I have my degree, how do I get a job?” College students work hard for four or five years earning a degree to […]
KSU’s Burrack receives Lowell Mason Fellows award
Frederick Burrack, director of assessment and professor of music education, has been designated as a Lowell Mason Fellow of the National Association for Music Education. […]
The Value of the Arts— A Different Form of Diversity
Reprinted with permission from the Kentucky Bluegrass Music News. I recently spoke with a leader from a national arts advocacy organization who told me, “I […]
Why Teach Music?
Reprinted with permission from the Alabama Ala Breve. For the past 50 years or more, we music educators have been involved with one initiative or […]
Louisburg Band Marches in the Rose Parade
The Pasadena Tournament of Roses Parade: five and a half miles in the California sunshine; the treacherous, 110-degree “TV Corner;” one-million spectators on the street; […]
Hit Nashville Songwriters and CMA Foundation Celebrate Kansas Music Teachers
Three award-winning songwriters, along with CMA staff and film crew, arrived at Wichita East High School on February 20th to start a three-day tour visiting […]
Music Education in the Federal Landscape—and How It Connects Back to You!
Reprinted with permission from the Massachusetts Music Educators Journal. As we approach the end of President Trump’s first year in office, how is music education […]
