Why Does Music Actually, Really, Definitely Matter?
Perhaps you’ve read current music education advocacy claims like these: “ . . . to improve the reading, science, and math skills of American children . . . we should be providing them with more music...
View ArticleMusic = ax2 + bx + c. Huh?
As music education professor and music psychologist Don Hodges says “we should teach music for all the wonderful humanizing benefits that accrue, and if—big “IF”—academic achievement is affected...
View ArticleMusic Education and Advocacy
My father was an exceptionally good jazz pianist. He was a self-taught amateur. He played every night at home after his daily work and at sing-along parties with our neighbors on Saturday nights. And...
View ArticleA Better Place
“A Better Place” – Playing for Change. Happy 2015! The post A Better Place appeared first on Music Matters.
View ArticleEducational “Reform” Measures the Wrong Things
Steven Nelson (via Diane Ravitch), Head of the Calhoun School in Manhattan, makes extremely important points when he says that so-called Educational “Reform” (e.g., Common Core “Standards”) is not...
View ArticleDestroying Public Education
Thank you to Diane Ravitch who quotes Ira Shor on the Senate Revision of NCLB: “The private war on public education is not about education, not about good teaching or deep learning, or about what kids...
View Article5 reasons to advocate carefully for music education
Peter Greene’s blog post—Stop “Defending” Music Education (6/11/2015)—has been floating in the blogosphere for a long time. Some people “Like it,” others don’t, and some don’t read it carefully. The...
View Article5 Examples of Music for Humane Values
Music and music education can yield a wide variety of humane values, including the following: 1. Brass for Africa: Music can engage, empower, and repair. 2. The North Jersey Home School Association...
View ArticleLove Trumps Hate
In the midst of today’s tragic social, political, racial, gendered, and other conflicts, can amateur and professional music makers and school and community music programs contribute to positive social...
View ArticleGimme Some Truth
In the midst of today’s tragic social, political, racial, gendered, and other conflicts, can amateur and professional music makers and school and community music programs contribute to positive social...
View ArticleWhat We Need Is Love
In the midst of today’s tragic social, political, racial, gendered, and other conflicts, can amateur and professional music makers and school and community music programs contribute to positive social...
View ArticleChallenge Stereotypes
In the midst of today’s tragic social, political, racial, gendered, and other conflicts, can amateur and professional music makers and school and community music programs contribute to positive social...
View ArticleTake Care of Each Other
In the midst of today’s tragic social, political, racial, gendered, and other conflicts, can amateur and professional music makers and school and community music programs contribute to positive social...
View ArticleFreedom…Don’t Give Up
In the midst of today’s tragic social, political, racial, gendered, and other conflicts, can amateur and professional music makers and school and community music programs contribute to positive social...
View ArticleThe Staples Singers Will Take You There
In the midst of today’s tragic social, political, racial, gendered, and other conflicts, can amateur and professional music makers and school and community music programs contribute to positive social...
View ArticleWe Don’t Stop
In the midst of today’s tragic social, political, racial, gendered, and other conflicts, can amateur and professional music makers and school and community music programs contribute to positive social...
View ArticleOne Love
In the midst of today’s tragic social, political, racial, gendered, and other conflicts, can amateur and professional music makers and school and community music programs contribute to positive social...
View ArticleSame Love
In the midst of today’s tragic social, political, racial, gendered, and other conflicts, can amateur and professional music makers and school and community music programs contribute to positive social...
View ArticleMad World
In the midst of today’s tragic social, political, racial, gendered, and other conflicts, can amateur and professional music makers and school and community music programs contribute to positive...
View ArticleApotheosis of this Earth
In the midst of today’s tragic social, political, racial, gendered, and other conflicts, can amateur and professional music makers and school and community music programs contribute to positive social...
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