What an interesting week already! (if you happen to like such things!) Call after call, email after email, with people seeking assistance! It's nice to feel needed! And I get to learn at the same time!
In two days, have had I'd say about 20 calls/emails/requests, seeking resources/help on:
assessment
funding (2)
special needs discrimination
vocal articles/resources
survey help (three students with their graduate studies!)
career info/music biz info
starting a string program (elem choral gm teacher)
Leonard Bernstein info (someone doing their dissertation on!)
classroom management
working with MENC
feedback on the Question of the Month survey
copyright
Sacred music
advocacy information
scheduling
sports/PE vs. music
Just because it's busy, and because time is short, will leave you with a few links to articles that caught my eye in my weekly perusal of various arts education/arts news sources, and a few things I ran across. Perhaps one or some of these may be of interest to your students as well.
Have a good week, and see you next week! SR
RESOURCES
Berklee College of Music Alumni Newsletter, BERKLEE TODAY: stories about musicians of all stripes, some who have become quite well known! Interesting articles about many things musical!
In one of the Berklee alumni newsletters, saw a link to jokes about musicians, check it out!
NPR: new music website! amazing stuff on there; Stephin Merritt, composer, given 48 hours to compose in a studio, and record it; what he came up with; jazz profiles, Thelonious Monk; Yo Yo Ma's top five favorite recordings; career information/interviews; Spanish guitar; African pop music; much more!
From October 31 news Culture Policy Newsletter from Americans for the Arts:
Senate Passes Arts Education Funding10-29-2007: The U.S. Senate has passed their FY2008 Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations bill by roll call vote, 75-19. This bill funds a large number of domestic programs including the Arts in Education programs at the U.S. Department of Education, the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB). The Senate bill provides $36.3 million for Arts Education compared to the $39 million level of the House bill
LEONARD BERNSTEIN: did you know he's in the MENC Hall of Fame?
Read about him at his official site HERE
ARTICLES
Child Composer Prodigy, and Joshua Bell
Itzhak Perlman interview
Iraqi Orchestra plays on
Comeback for older Prodigy
Gustavo Dudamel, the latest! (LA Philharmonic and El Sistema!) "Revelatory!"
Music Therapy
