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 →
Category: thoughts and writings
Last Weekend of Summer
Yes it is now September, where did the summer disappear to? Most of us will be back teaching next week with new school year starting on Tuesday. Many of our Continue Reading →
Summer is here
As we head into the summer this little blog will be slowing down and kind of going on vacation for awhile until fall. There will be less postings than usual Continue Reading →
Social Media: What’s Your Policy?
An interesting article appeared earlier this month on Charity Village about a real life story of some of the errors that can be made when using twitter and other social Continue Reading →
The Rising costs of rehearsal space for musicians
This post is a little off topic, but certainly many urban areas in BC are experiencing perhaps similar problems. The costs for musicians for good rehearsal or studio space in Continue Reading →
Art of Science and Technological Innovations
I’ve just published a study that shows that almost all Nobel laureates in the sciences are actively engaged in arts as adults. They are twenty-five times as likely as average Continue Reading →
The weekly round up
A potpourri of weekly musings thoughts and ideas collected from the blogsphere. The Future of classical musicI am wondering out loud these days about the future of classical music, especially Continue Reading →
Spring Break is almost here!
Spring Break is almost upon us, and for some school districts it may already indeed be upon us. Many school districts are now engaging (or perhaps I should say disengaging) Continue Reading →
Does the internet make us stupid?
This Book Review is a little off topic, but at the same time maybe should be a cue to make us think about how we use technology, and perhaps a Continue Reading →
Perhaps we need to rethink which nonprofit arts groups are considered leaders in their fields?
Diane Ragsdale who was here in Vancouver two years ago as the keynote speaker for the Arts Alliance conference now has her own blog where she comments on her own Continue Reading →