From the December edition of NewMusicBox.org, comes "An Arts Education Symposium," with the great Maxine Greene, Hollis Headrick, Polly Kahn, Frank Oteri, and me.For those who don't know Polly, she's the former education director at The New York Philharmonic, the 92nd Street Y, and other organizations. Today, she is the vice president for learning and leadership development, at … [Read more...] about Worth The Time: A 1999 Conversation with Maxine Greene
Archives for March 2011
Forget Race to the Top: Watch This Video to See Performance-Based Assessment
A Interesting Conference Session on Arts Education and Equity
For anyone attending WNET's The Celebration of Teaching and Learning, tomorrow through Saturday, at The New York Hilton, I hope you will consider stopping by.I mean, how often do you get a rising star principal, a teachers union leader, and a member of the governing board for state education policy in one room together talking about arts education? A WELL-ROUNDED EDUCATION IN … [Read more...] about A Interesting Conference Session on Arts Education and Equity
Guest Blog, Jane Remer: If We’re Not At the Table, We’re On the Menu: Will the Arts Survive This Time as Education in Our Schools?
Jane Remer's Cliff Notes: March 10, 2011 If We're Not At the Table, We're On the Menu: Will the Arts Survive This Time as Education in Our Schools? At the Face to Face Conference at the Frank Sinatra School of the Arts in Queens a few weeks ago, some of my colleagues and I engaged in a panel presentation and discussion with an attentive and thoughtful audience. We had … [Read more...] about Guest Blog, Jane Remer: If We’re Not At the Table, We’re On the Menu: Will the Arts Survive This Time as Education in Our Schools?
The Voice as Instrument
A lot of instrumentalists strive to sound like the human voice. They're after that liquid, free flowing, human sound. Moreover, there's the belief that to become one with the instrument, you need to sing through it, something which will allow you leapfrog over the technical issues inherent in making music through an instrument requiring physical/motor manipulation.The great … [Read more...] about The Voice as Instrument