Happy 2008!Hoping your holiday break was a good one!
Right to business -
An MENC member and faculty member at Elizabethtown College has embarked on a project with her students to secure donated musical instruments that they will ship to South Africa to start an instrumental music program at a historically black disadvantaged school. Most schools still do not have basic necessities including running water and electricity. During March 2008, faculty and students will travel to S. Africa and spend a week setting up the program and teaching students. They need help securing donated musical instruments and supplies: wind, small percusssion, method books, folding music stands, supplies (reeds, valve/slide oil) and very easy concert arrangements. If you have instruments or supplies you no longer need, or know others who do, please contact: Dr. Karendra Devroop, Assistant Professor of Music, Director of Music Education, Department of Fine and Performing Arts Elizabethtown College, One Aplha Drive, Elizabethtown, PA 17022-2298; (717) 361-1532 office (717) 361-1187 fax; devroopk@etown.edu
An MENC member and faculty member at Elizabethtown College has embarked on a project with her students to secure donated musical instruments that they will ship to South Africa to start an instrumental music program at a historically black disadvantaged school. Most schools still do not have basic necessities including running water and electricity. During March 2008, faculty and students will travel to S. Africa and spend a week setting up the program and teaching students. They need help securing donated musical instruments and supplies: wind, small percusssion, method books, folding music stands, supplies (reeds, valve/slide oil) and very easy concert arrangements. If you have instruments or supplies you no longer need, or know others who do, please contact: Dr. Karendra Devroop, Assistant Professor of Music, Director of Music Education, Department of Fine and Performing Arts Elizabethtown College, One Aplha Drive, Elizabethtown, PA 17022-2298; (717) 361-1532 office (717) 361-1187 fax; devroopk@etown.edu
Last week I mentioned there were four graduate students who had contacted MENC about sending a survey to MENC members for their graduate thesis work. Three of these surveys will be sent out in the first two-three weeks of January, each to a different select sample. The survey topics vary - - one on assessment, one on a capella singing and one on how prepared elementary music teachers feel to handle severe student behaviors. A fourth survey will go out in February to just Maryland elementary members, regarding composition.MENC facilitates small student surveys when the research will have a benefit to the profession. We do not give out member contact information; MENC pulls a sample list for the grad student based on their survey requirements, and once the student's survey and proposal has been approved by their academic committee AND by MENC, MENC sends out an email to the select members with a link to the survey. Stay tuned for survey madness in weeks ahead!
Hoping the coming new year is a good one for you!
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Just before Christmas, I happened to listen to the latest From the Top show (more below), which featured a 12 year old harp player, Tess of Montana. Her playing was just amazing, and listening, I was reminded what a good show this is and what a great resource for teachers and students!
From the Top, with host Christopher O'Riley, "is a weekly radio series that showcases the nation's most outstanding young classical musicians. Each one-hour program presents pre-collegiate musicians whose stunning individual performances are combined with lively interviews, unique pre-produced segments, lighthearted sketches and musical games".
See THIS LINK for:
Show Archive; info about the Young Performers (their musical beginnings, their non-musical interests and their hopes and dreams); Meet the Cast; The Hall of Fame is the place where you can learn more about some of the fabulous guest artists who have appeared on From the Top as well as other professional musicians; Radio Stations - Find out when and where you can tune in to hear radio broadcasts of From the Top; Live Concert Tapings - From the Top may be coming to a town near you! Please check back frequently as dates, times and venues are all subject to change; PBS Television Series - Learn about From the Top: Live from Carnegie Hall, a series of 13 half-hour programs aired on PBS stations across the country; Be On the Show : From the Top is always looking for talented pre-college age soloists and ensembles who would like to perform and be interviewed on the air'; Music Library : An archive of the musical performances heard on the From the Top radio program. Bits Library : An archive of many of the skits, parodies, games, special interviews and audio diaries heard on the radio program; Buy CDs : This is where you buy From the Top highlights CDs as well of recordings featuring Christopher O'Riley.
Just before Christmas, I happened to listen to the latest From the Top show (more below), which featured a 12 year old harp player, Tess of Montana. Her playing was just amazing, and listening, I was reminded what a good show this is and what a great resource for teachers and students!From the Top, with host Christopher O'Riley, "is a weekly radio series that showcases the nation's most outstanding young classical musicians. Each one-hour program presents pre-collegiate musicians whose stunning individual performances are combined with lively interviews, unique pre-produced segments, lighthearted sketches and musical games".
See THIS LINK for:
Show Archive; info about the Young Performers (their musical beginnings, their non-musical interests and their hopes and dreams); Meet the Cast; The Hall of Fame is the place where you can learn more about some of the fabulous guest artists who have appeared on From the Top as well as other professional musicians; Radio Stations - Find out when and where you can tune in to hear radio broadcasts of From the Top; Live Concert Tapings - From the Top may be coming to a town near you! Please check back frequently as dates, times and venues are all subject to change; PBS Television Series - Learn about From the Top: Live from Carnegie Hall, a series of 13 half-hour programs aired on PBS stations across the country; Be On the Show : From the Top is always looking for talented pre-college age soloists and ensembles who would like to perform and be interviewed on the air'; Music Library : An archive of the musical performances heard on the From the Top radio program. Bits Library : An archive of many of the skits, parodies, games, special interviews and audio diaries heard on the radio program; Buy CDs : This is where you buy From the Top highlights CDs as well of recordings featuring Christopher O'Riley.
