Statue of Vaugh-Williams

Brief History of Early 20th Century Music

Perhaps the most obvious and sweeping change that has affected the first part of the 20th century has been the rapid advance of technology. Radio and television broadcasting, records and compact discs have changed musical life beyond imagination.  Music has now become a commodity, readily available anywhere.   Against this background of change and development, although traditional sounds of classical music still persist, experiments using these new methods occurred in the early part of the 20th century.

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The School Choral Program Student Leadership and Motivation DVD Review

In yet another timely DVD presentation Dr. Tim Lautzenheiser brings his wisdom and inspirational teachings on student leadership to a new group of students.  More well known perhaps for his work with high school bands, Dr. Tim turns hi...

 

Trends and Technologies Shaping Music Education

This article includes a PDF presentation given during the 2008 Iowa Music Educator's Association Conference on the topic of the latest trends and new technologies that are poised to change music education as we know it today. ...

 
An Orchestra Rehearsal

Top Ten String and Orchestra Recruiting Tips For Teachers

Recruitment strategies can often make or break a string orchestra program. This is why it is so important to have a plan of action that takes you from the first day of school to the last. Here is a list of top ten recruitment tips for str...

 

Brief History of Romantic Music

The Romantic Period is from c.1820 – 1900, with Early Romantic Period (1820-1850) and Late Romantic Period (1850-1900.) Up until the early part of the 1800s, music was ordered and refined. After the 1820s, emotional expression was con...

 
Christmas tree with ice

Sacred vs. Secular Music In Public School Concerts

It's that time of year again when thoughts turn to holiday concerts and that one, slight possibility that lingers in the back of a teacher's mind that someone, somewhere in the audience will make a stink because of the inclusion of one or...

 
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1. Great Google Tools For Teachers
(Teacher Resources/Curriculum)
...le Scholar: www.google.com/scholar Directly search the texts of peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, abstracts and articles, from academic publishers, professional societies, preprint repos...

2. Book Review: American Band
(Blogs/Tales From The Podium)
...Laine titled American Band:  Music, Dreams, and Coming of Age in the Heartland, published by Gotham Books.  When I first heard the title and saw the cover I was excited to have the chance to...

3. Chris' Top 7 Favorite Leadership Books
(Teacher Resources/Leadership)
Chris Widener's Top Seven Books on Leadership 1. The West Point Way of Leadership. GREAT book by a man who taught leadership at West Point for 20 years. 2. Developing the Leader W

4. The Habits of Musicianship- Initial Reactions
(Blogs/Tales From The Podium)
... from teachers who are looking for something new and innovative to replace the old, traditional method books that have been used in our classes for decades.   What is making The Habits Of Musi...

5. Why So Many Teachers Quit?
(Teacher Resources/Curriculum)
...  For more information on this topic you might wish to visit the following links: > Books on the topic of classroom discipline > Books related to improving and enjoying yo...

6. Top 20 Reasons Why Children Should Study Music
(Teacher Resources/Advocacy)
You will find thousands of books, products, articles and websites discussing the advantages of studying music. This article reveals the top 20 reported benefits for vocal and instrumental music study.

7. Headphone Essentials
(Teacher Resources/Audio Video)
...sons on tape, or when you want to read a book but do not have the time, you can just listen to the audio books. If you want to escape from the outside world, eliminate the noise around you and j...

8. Comic Books Are Latest Anti-Piracy Tool
(Blogs/Tales From The Podium)
Teacher's may want to take a look at the latest anti-file sharing tool being used by a non-profit group to attempt to teach students about the dangers of file sharing and illegal music downloads.&nb

9. SmartMusic Master Educators Share Their Secrets
(Teacher Resources/Computers)
...cant suggestion was to avoid the use of the SmartMusic demos provided with the various beginner lesson books.  The software on these discs is several years old, and the new version (10.1) that...

10. I Used To Hate Music History
(Blogs/Tales From The Podium)
...time to rinse out, but now, being a little older and a whole lot wiser, I have dusted off my old history books and began to build something that I honestly believe is going to be a really cool researc...

11. A Brief Biography of Mozart
(Teacher Resources/Music History)
This document presents a brief biography of Mozart including his early childhood, travels, and demise in 1791. Born in 1756, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was the second child in the family of Leopol

...education tends to emphasize arts and crafts, music, and movement, especially at younger ages, and textbooks are eschewed in favor of books the students make for themselves. Waldorf theories also m...

13. School Emergency Procedures
(Teacher Resources/Class Management)
When is the last time your school actually bothered to speak to you about emergency procedures?  Do you know what to do if something goes wrong?  As music teachers we are often in charge o

14. My SmartMusic Feature Wish List
(Blogs/Tales From The Podium)
...c menu already saves the list of most recently used clips, but that feature doesn't work with the lesson books. 3)   Basic Utilities Mode Let there be a simple, easy to use interface that...

15. Music and Educational Technology Grants
(Blogs/Tales From The Podium)
As the school year begins anew here is a quick look at some useful educational grants for classrooms and teachers to apply for.  Most of them are tech related, but isn't everything these days?

16. Book Review- The Finale Projects
(Books/Music Technology)
...jects is by no means meant for beginners alone however.  The information and hints provided in the books many tutorials cover topics that will increase almost any Finale user's productivity.&nb...

17. Batteries Recharged and Ready To Go
(Blogs/Tales From The Podium)
...t, but the way he presents it just makes it all click and fall into place in your head.  He has two books out right now, both of them excellent material for any music educator to read.  His ...

18. Recording Sound On Paper and Stone
(Blogs/Tales From The Podium)
... person to make a viable audio recording.   Well, get ready to do some revising of the history books... For over a hundred years school children have been taught that Thomas Edison was ...

19. By Request: Band Web Site Resources
(Blogs/Tales From The Podium)
...people that came to the session that I would post some additional links including a link to one of the books I referenced.  Visit my Band Web Site Resources article to view this new informatio...

20. New Ways To Use SmartMusic
(Teacher Resources/Computers)
...Use SmartMusic to visually demonstrate concepts like DC al Coda using lines from the beginner lesson books. SmartMusic helps make listening to and evaluating student performances easier.&nbs...

21. Tips and Secrets of SmartMusic Master Educators
(Teacher Resources/Computers)
...cant suggestion was to avoid the use of the SmartMusic demos provided with the various beginner lesson books.  The software on these discs is several years old, and the new 10.2 version  ...

...e for this useful leadership guide is just $5.95 and is available through Gia Publications.  Other books on leadership by Dr. Tim Lautzenheiser are also available through Amazon.com ...

In Growing Your Musician, band director Tony Bancroft attempts to help parents make the right decisions when allowing their son or daughter to take up a band or orchestra instrument.  The bo

24. Free Music Composing and Notation Software
(Teacher Resources/Computers)
...eb site, or it can also be installed from the DVD's included with several different beginner band method books such as Essential Elements 2000.  Notepad can render multiple staves and seems to ha...

25. Music Composer Research Database
(Teacher Resources/Music History)
...Full Information View  For a more complete view of a composer's life and additional references (books, audio files, and web links) click on the Wiew All Information link at the top of the Exh...

26. Deck The Halls- Free Sheet Music and Lyrics
(Teacher Resources/Sheet Music)
This document contains the instrumental, vocal, and guitar parts to the traditional Christmas Carol , Deck The Halls. Over the centuries Deck The Halls has had many minor changes made to its lyrics,

27. Piano Student's Mom Jumps in Lion's Den
(Teacher Resources/Curriculum)
"My 6 year old daughter really loves the piano and wants to learn to play, but when I try to help her she gets very upset with me. What should I do? Help!"  The piano mom who a

28. Google Earth to Piano - Find the Music
(Teacher Resources/Curriculum)
...many students who can read notes fairly well still can't find them on the piano. That's why note reading books or notespellers can be ineffective. To overcome this learning gap students need to visual...

29. Building The Best High School Band Web Site
(Teacher Resources/Computers)
...f current and past events are always popular as well as copies of any printed band newsletters, band handbooks, or other communication materials that you send home with your students. ...

30. To Boldly Go Where No Team Has Ever Gone Before
(Teacher Resources/Leadership)
...Practices. As I listen to listen to him I could not help, but connect a lot of what he was saying to the books on business that we have all been reading to make ourselves successful. When des...

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