I've always been on the lookout for good repertoire lists. Here are some lists and then some, courtesy of the U. of Texas at San Antonio/The Institute for Music Research: Young Band Repertoire Project
Thursday, July 5, 2007
Monday, July 2, 2007
Other exciting blogs out there
musictechforme.com is a "Music Technology for Music Education by Music Educators" site. I would imagine it just might be aimed toward music educators interested in technology. Yesterday's posting concerns hand-held recorders. It includes an MP3 clip of who-knows-what that I hesitate to open on my home computer for fear of viruses, but it seems pretty useful. I purchased a PDA with an audio recorder a few years back partly for educational purposes...I'll bet that a dedicated recorder would be just a bit more effective for the task of recording in a classroom situation.
Webedtech.com caught my attention with its June 14th, 2007 posting, "Cheat sheets - you know I love 'em." Who could resist reading that? As it turns out, the posting provides a link for cheat sheet info on Microsoft Office and other applications. Who needs the uber-pricey Microsoft manuals when you have access to this kind of stuff?
...which reminds me of another excellent freebie that a friend just days ago referred me to, Open Office. It's the product of an "open-source" project. It gives you a suite of applications eerily similar to (and totally compatible with) Microsoft Office apps...and by all accounts, it's legal. And you thought you were a slave to the wavy window icon! Google "Open Office," and you'll see.
Are you a parent of a 2-year-old who wouldn't mind figuring out how to educate your child using music? I am, and I found a neat little blog at this address that seems to take the issue seriously: http://simplesongs.blogs.com/head_shoulders_knees_and_/
I haven't investigated it thoroughly, but it looks fun.
Webedtech.com caught my attention with its June 14th, 2007 posting, "Cheat sheets - you know I love 'em." Who could resist reading that? As it turns out, the posting provides a link for cheat sheet info on Microsoft Office and other applications. Who needs the uber-pricey Microsoft manuals when you have access to this kind of stuff?
...which reminds me of another excellent freebie that a friend just days ago referred me to, Open Office. It's the product of an "open-source" project. It gives you a suite of applications eerily similar to (and totally compatible with) Microsoft Office apps...and by all accounts, it's legal. And you thought you were a slave to the wavy window icon! Google "Open Office," and you'll see.
Are you a parent of a 2-year-old who wouldn't mind figuring out how to educate your child using music? I am, and I found a neat little blog at this address that seems to take the issue seriously: http://simplesongs.blogs.com/head_shoulders_knees_and_/
I haven't investigated it thoroughly, but it looks fun.
It's not just for educators anymore
Blogs such as this one can, believe it or not, be useful for things other than meaningless rambles...like giving our students useful web links, advising them of various freeware, inspiring them with clips and articles that just might "float their boat" as it were, or just relaying perfunctory class information efficiently.
Plenty of students have loads of creativity that we don't give them credit for. Perhaps a good assignment would be to give them a project that is designed to make them find the best and most interesting site having to do with their daily activities in class, and then actually apply the lessons learned. Another idea would be to establish a class wiki dedicated to finding out as much about a particular composition while preparing it for performance.
Plenty of students have loads of creativity that we don't give them credit for. Perhaps a good assignment would be to give them a project that is designed to make them find the best and most interesting site having to do with their daily activities in class, and then actually apply the lessons learned. Another idea would be to establish a class wiki dedicated to finding out as much about a particular composition while preparing it for performance.
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