Musical Oddities and Strange Songs
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If you enjoy hearing about strange and interesting new pieces of music read on to find out about the latest piece discovered on YouTube by Professor Joe Pisano.
Tales From The Podium
Chad Criswell
Travel Troubles: Leave Your Laptop At Home
Departing a bit from music education for a moment I wanted to share some information I received today regarding international travel and problems people are having bringing technology across the border. Specifically having to do with laptops, the US customs service is apparently taking the position that a laptop is the same thing as luggage and should be open to being searched (giving them your passwords, etc). For any teacher getting ready to take an international band or choir trip (or a personal one) you may want to read on to save yourself a whole lot of headaches and humiliation.
Tales From The Podium
Chad Criswell
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7-Year-Old Musician and Composer Ethan Bortnick Makes His
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As music educators (and educators in general) we will all complain about discipline issues in our classes. Perhaps there is one student that just drives you nuts, or one that spends more time in the office than in his chair. Take heart music educators, it could be worse. What if you were teaching music in a prison?
This week I thought I would do a little mash up of some of the most interesting articles and blog posts from other music educators that I happened to find recently. My interest in reading these various bloggers was fostered by the continued dedication to the cause set forth by Joe Pisano and his 100 ME Bloggers campaign. His efforts have met with some great success. Here is one of ...