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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As adults we take the precious gift of hearing for granted.  Our children disregard it even more so.  In this age of MP3 players and iPods, protecting a child or teenager's hearing is of

2. Piano Student's Mom Jumps in Lion's Den
(Teacher Resources/Curriculum)
...p works. When parents move out of the parental role and into the role of piano teacher, young children can become confused and anxious. Why? Because, the expectations of children are tha...

...e choices for your family. Jean Piaget and Cognitive Development He proposed that children go through several distinct stages of cognitive growth. First comes the sensorimot...

4. Top 20 Reasons Why Children Should Study Music
(Teacher Resources/Advocacy)
...se to make your child smarter.  These types of goods can be a wonderful way to introduce music to your children before the age of three. However, nothing can replace private music lessons for a 3...

5. The Child's Singing Voice - Best Musical Instrument
(Teacher Resources/Playing an Instrument)
Parents who are thinking for their children to learn to play musical instruments can begin by harnessing their child's own instrument, the singing voice. Choosing the best musical instrument

6. Our Expectations of Schools: Are They Valid?
(Teacher Resources/Research)
... supposed to prepare our students for the workplace or to prepare them for everyday life? Educating today's children becomes more complex ... What is the role of the school in today's society? A...

7. Music Technology Pioneer Seeks Participants
(Teacher Resources/Computers)
...ols today; however Midisoft hopes it can reach those who know that combining music with technology benefits children by cultivating their creative minds, critical thinking skills, and both left and ri...

8. The Connection Between Music and Math
(Teacher Resources/Research)
...tride to them much more than when your words are mundane and spoken in a normal tone of voice. Small children love to listen to music that has patterns and repetitive lines to it. This is becau...

9. Classroom Vision and The Self-fulfilling Prophecy
(Teacher Resources/Class Management)
...20, 2003). What does this mean? In 1968 Robert Rosenthal and Lenore Jacobson gave all the children in an elementary class a test. They then told the teacher that certain of these chi...

10. Google Earth to Piano - Find the Music
(Teacher Resources/Curriculum)
... - Google it, by keeping your eyes on the music! To learn the best way to share the gift of music with children visit Amazon.com with this link Piano Adventure Stories for Children My exciting Pi...

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

12. Perfect Practice Makes Perfect
(Teacher Resources/Playing an Instrument)
...; for their practicing, which can be used to purchase trinkets and toys. These programs work for most children, but even stickers can become passé after a while. Children should be encour...

13. So You Want to be President? Learn to Play a Musical Instrument!
(Teacher Resources/Playing an Instrument)
... Studying music is the perfect way to derive its benefits. At least one study has shown that young children can gain the spatio-temporal reasoning effects mentioned above just by learning to...

14. Brass Musical Instruments
(Teacher Resources/Playing an Instrument)
... Brass bands have an exciting music of their own. Some of them are mostly junior and training bands for children, and eventually becoming an ensemble. Competition playing is encouraged in some loc...

15. Woodwind Musical Instruments
(Teacher Resources/Playing an Instrument)
...olor, wide range, variety of character, and agility. It is known to have a more complicated fingering. Children typically take up the bassoon only after starting on another woodwind instrument, s...

16. String Instruments Family
(Teacher Resources/Playing an Instrument)
...e, although guitarists are often provided with an indication of where to place fingers.   Children may experience some discomfort with sore fingers when they start learning for the f...

17. Autism and Vaccines Get Their Day In Court
(Blogs/Tales From The Podium)
...least in the public view.   Current vaccines are safe, and I have no problems with vaccinating my children as recommended by the CDC.  I am more concerned however with parents jumping o...

18. The Story of Pomp and Circumstance
(Teacher Resources/Music History)
... and collegiate graduation ceremonies throughout the country. Chances are that each of you as well as your children and grandchildren have (or will) march down the aisle on graduation day to the st...

19. DCI World Championships To Be Broadcast on ESPN2
(Blogs/Tales From The Podium)
... than 140 organizations united to support a complete education that includes music and the arts for all children. During the broadcast on Sept. 5, featured segments will be drawn from the c...

20. Karaoke and Other Music Without Lyrics
(Teacher Resources/Computers)
Many karaoke enthusiasts search high and low for recordings of their favorite music without lyrics. But what do you do when you are at home without a karaoke machine and want to sing along? Many k

21. Alouette- Free Sheet Music
(Teacher Resources/Sheet Music)
...uctivity but in the years since has become a very common and popular folk tune.  Most Engligh speaking children never realize that in essence they are singing a song that goes through the motions...

22. Jesus Loves Me- Free Sheet Music
(Teacher Resources/Sheet Music)
...d fishing around for the notes until I got it right. It is one of the most often sung hymns, especially by children, and with summer camp and other similar events happening all around the country I t...

...story about Anna Leonowens, a British governess who went to Siam (now Thailand) to teach the king’s children. Anna finds life in Siam very different from what she is accustomed to, but she an...

24. Piano Lessons And Perfectionism
(Teacher Resources/Playing an Instrument)
...u might be cheating yourself out of the joy of music making. Most of us learned how to be perfectionists as children, trying to please Mommy or Daddy. We wanted their approval so we tried to get it ri...

25. The Importance of Fine Arts in the Classroom
(Teacher Resources/Advocacy)
...oming to Our Senses, by the Arts, Education and Americans Panal (1977), Can we Rescue the Arts for American Children, sponsored by the American Council for the Arts (1988), and the most respected stud...

...our young student at home even if you don't play the piano. Here are 5 tips for parents to help their young children use effective learning strategies at home and develop good paying habits. ...

27. The Benefits of Music Education
(Teacher Resources/Advocacy)
...ing and excel at complex tasks.   The trick for parents is to enroll their children in high quality programs and assist them in purchasing high quality instruments.&nb...

28. Wii Music- From A Music Educator's Point of View
(Computer Software/Music Education and Theory Software)
...sp; They have been doing it for decades and know what works, especially when it comes to grade school age children.  Wii Music is classic Nintendo fun fare with some very nice nuggets of gold ...

29. The Keyboard Instruments
(Teacher Resources/Playing an Instrument)
...late 1960s, was at its height during the 1970s and still is popular today. It is usually the choice of children. One big attraction is that it can be played with headphones. In the late 1980s, so...

30. Wii Music and Using Video Games In Music Class
(Teacher Resources/Computers)
...ic education forever, and it is long overdue. Putting More Fun Into Music Education For decades as children all over the world grew up playing with Mario, Zelda, and Donkey Kong, the music ed...

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