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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
From the Source: Q&A With the Nick Rabkin, Author of Arts Education in America: What the Declines Mean for Arts Participation
A lot of attention has been paid to the recent report commissioned by the arts endowment: Arts Education in America: What the Declines Mean for Arts Participation. I thought it would be a great opportunity to pose some questions for the author, Nick Rabkin. Let's just say that rather than leave interpretation to others, that it's always best to hear directly from the horse's … [Read more...] about From the Source: Q&A With the Nick Rabkin, Author of Arts Education in America: What the Declines Mean for Arts Participation