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This video is from the small Yupiq Eskimo Village of Quinhagak, Alaska. It was a school computer project intended for the other Yupiq villages in the area.    

Interviewer: Can you explain jazz? Yogi: I can’t, but I will. 90% of all jazz is half improvisation. The other half is the part people play while others are playing something they never played with anyone who played that part. So … Continue reading →

The NYU music education program is very pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Wayne Bowman as Visiting Professor of Music Education, 2011-12.  

1.  “If a tree falls in the forest and no one hears it, I hope it lands on a philosophy professor.” Stephen Colbert 2. Descartes walks into a pub. The bartender asks, “Will you have a beer?” Descartes answers, “I think … Continue reading →

Education Reform should come from teachers and their communities. See Union Chief Faults School Reform From ‘On High’ by Alan Schwartz at The New York Times: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/12/us/12aft.html The Eminent Education Researcher and Author, Diane Ravitch, exposes and explains the many weakness of … Continue reading →

The Mayday Group (www.maydaygroup.org) and our journal: Action, Criticism for Theory in Music Education http://act.maydaygroup.org/ The International Journal of Community Music: http://www.intellectbooks.co.uk/journals/view-journal,id=149/

“Praxial Music Education—Revised, Rewritten, Revitalized.” Lectures at the Thornton School of Music, University of Southern California. October 27, 2011. http://www.usc.edu/schools/music/ _____________________________________  “Performing Music as/for Artistic Citizenship.” New Directions in Music Education: Revitalizing Middle and High School Music. Michigan State University. … Continue reading →

A Bucks county 7th grader is reaching out to would-be student musicians who don’t have the opportunity he has to learn to play an instrument. His name is Aaron Albuck. He’s a member of the orchestra and jazz band at … Continue reading →