Last Friday, the Chicago Public Radio program Eight Forty-Eight took a look at music and the brain in a segment titled Researchers Probe How Music Rewires the Brain.Click here to read the transcript or listen to the segment online.So, listening to brainwaves is kind of weird and fun, but why care so much about the brainstem? Well, how good a job it does recording sound is … [Read more...] about Chicago Public Radio Looks at Music and the Brain
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Cuts to Music Programs in Detroit Public Schools
Too Often the Music Dies in City Schools, is a recent article in the Detroit Free Press. While it's a story we all know too well, cuts to arts education programs, it's worth the read. In particular it looks at the issue through the lens of jazz players who have come out of Detroit Public Schools.Makes you wish for a music education bailout... "This year, 14 music teachers … [Read more...] about Cuts to Music Programs in Detroit Public Schools
My Dinner with Merce and its Connection to Cultural Policy
I wanted to end this very hot. humid, and WET New York summer week by recalling a swell dinner I had once with Merce Cunningham and Laura Kuhn, Director of The Cage Trust.I won't recount what the obits and testaments said very well about Merce as a truly giant, emblematic figure of modern dance and creativity in American during the 20th and early 21st centuries. I have … [Read more...] about My Dinner with Merce and its Connection to Cultural Policy
Dewey21C has its first birthday: A Take on Arts Education from two Symphonic Giants
Tomorrow will be the first anniversary of Dewey21c, and I will celebrate by eating some croissants (there's a killer place for croissants and macroons around the corner), I thought I would end my first year of Dewey21c, which would be something like the 144th published entry, with a story about arts education through the lens of Pierre Boulez and Christoph von Dohnanyi.144 … [Read more...] about Dewey21C has its first birthday: A Take on Arts Education from two Symphonic Giants
NAEP Arts Assessment Released
It's been eleven years since the last arts assessment from the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), known as the "Nation's Report Card." NAEP is also widely viewed as the gold standard of educational assessment.On Friday June 15th, the 2008 "Arts Report Card" was released. Before I get into anything else, I do have to say how important it is that NAEP includes … [Read more...] about NAEP Arts Assessment Released