I had a blog entry last December about cuts to music in the Detroit Public SchoolsAlong comes this very thoughtful and thorough piece about DPS and its new approach to music education via a piece by George Shirley that was published this week in NewMusicBox.org.Music Education in Detroit's Public Schools: The Struggle to Survive, give you the not pretty picture. Shirley, the … [Read more...] about What is Happenning to Music Education in the Detroit Public Schools??
Jack Beeson, American Composer, RIP
There it was staring me in the face: Jack Beeson had died. I saw it when I clicked over to NewMusicBox.org. I had just seen Jack at the American Music Center awards barely a month ago, and so it goes.There is very fine obituary by Tony Tommasini that appeared in today's New York Times.I had the great good fortune of getting to know Jack Beeson early on in my tenure at the … [Read more...] about Jack Beeson, American Composer, RIP
Guest Blogger, Ted Wiprud: From the UNESCO International Arts Education Conference, Part III
UNESCO Second World Conference on Arts Education in Seoul Theodore Wiprud June 6, 2010 I was particularly looking forward to the UNESCO conference roundtable on research in arts education - specifically titled "Supporting the Practical Use of Researches: Suggestions to Enhance Practicality and Reliability of Arts Education Researches." What transpired was intriguing in ways … [Read more...] about Guest Blogger, Ted Wiprud: From the UNESCO International Arts Education Conference, Part III
How to Increase Graduation Rates by Eliminating Arts Education Requirements
Well, that's just the misguided theory that the California State Assembly has unanimously endorsed.I reported on AB 2446 over a month ago. Unfortunately, it has been unanimously approved by the California Assembly and if approved by the Senate, and if signed into law by Governor Schwarzenegger, well, that's that for the time being.Click here to read the LA Times story on the … [Read more...] about How to Increase Graduation Rates by Eliminating Arts Education Requirements
Guest Blogger, Ted Wiprud: From the UNESCO Arts Education Conference, Part Two
UNESCO Second World Conference on Arts Education in Seoul Theodore Wiprud May 31, 2010 Each day of the UNESCO conference on arts education began with a keynote address or two. The keynote the first day - which set a tone for the whole conference - was by the American team, Robert and Michele Root-Bernstein. He's a professor of physiology with an interest in arts-science … [Read more...] about Guest Blogger, Ted Wiprud: From the UNESCO Arts Education Conference, Part Two