Why Americans Don’t Like Jazz
Thia artcle has been around online for awhile, but I believe it is quite relevant and helps explain the current marginalization of musical art forms we are experiencing at the Continue Reading →
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Introducing iSCORE
iSCORE is a web-based learning portfolio that has been tailored to meet the needs of music teachers and their students. Generously supported by the Government of Canada through the Department Continue Reading →
Bill Bailey’s Remarkable Guide to the Orchestra
This is an hour long program written by and featuring UK comedian Bill Bailey that’s perhaps best described as what if the cast of Monty Python wrote The Young Lutheran’s Continue Reading →
Bernstien: The Unanswered Question
From the original Harvard University Lecture Series.1973
Jazz Workshops in the 21st Century, the New Mentorship Process
Every time I see a teaching artist talk about music I learn something new. Every time I look at a contemporary book or blog post explaining creative music work I Continue Reading →
Can Music Make Your Child Smarter?
Most parents can agree that kids just get music, instinctively and instantly. We recognize it the first moment we successfully calm a hysterical newborn with a ballad or watch a Continue Reading →
B.C. and the budget: What’s old is new again
The new BC child tax credits amount to no more than $25 per child per year for eligible families. An article from the Victoria Times Columnist – Victoria BC There is an old Continue Reading →
CBC digital music service launched
The CBC is diving into the world of online music with the goal of providing listeners access to their favourite tunes, and a way to discover new artists and connect Continue Reading →
Business Support for Communities Could be Waning
This study is based on what is happening in the US, but in many respects Canada is not following far behind. Harvard Business School just released its first study of US Continue Reading →
The Problem with “Problemization” in Arts Funding
I discovered an excellent article on the weekend that really gets to the heart of matter when it comes to the whole notion of “project driven” and “problem driven” methods Continue Reading →