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 →
Category: education
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 →
Key year for music schools
When the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra’s School of Music opened its doors in the downtown core this summer, many thought it would rattle the music education cage in the metropolitan area. Continue Reading →
Auditions – Dennis Wick Canadian Wind Orchestra
The Dennis Wick Canadian Wind Orchestra , presented by Denis Wick, London, is the premier honour concert band in Canada. The musical ensemble is comprised of 60+ members from across Continue Reading →
Tim Brown on creativity and play
At the 2008 Serious Play conference, designer Tim Brown talks about the powerful relationship between creative thinking and play — with many examples you can try at home (and one Continue Reading →
Music Training Enhances Children’s Verbal Intelligence
A just-published study from Canada suggests early music education stimulates a child’s brain, leading to improved performance in an entirely different arena – verbal intelligence.“These results are dramatic not only Continue Reading →
What if the Secret to Success is Failure?
An interesting article on education appeared this past week in the New York Times. Here is a brief excerpt and a link to the article on their website. Dominic Randolph Continue Reading →
What Music Education does for you
What Can Music Education do for you?