Music Advocacy

Karen French presents Dr. Thomas Moore: Educational Consultant Early Childhood Development posted at Dr. Thomas Moore, saying, “This article could also be used in the Music Education Category”

Music Education

Susie Ahrens presents An Interview with Tubist, Andrew Hitz (part 1) posted at For the Love of Tuba.

David French presents Songs with scrolling lyrics posted at Tanbur Music Education Blogspot, saying, “Songs with scrolling lyrics are a feature of TANBUR MUSIC EDUCATION LINKS. You can discover several that are unique to the website, together with related links.”

Eugene Cantera presents 6 Things I’ve Learned WhileTeaching Music posted at Discover, Learn, Play.

Yiyi Ku presents How much should I practice? posted at Yiyi Ku Piano Studio Murrieta Temecula CA, saying, “Piano, practice, teaching, lessons”

Natalie Wickham presents Congratulations on Brushing Your Teeth! posted at Music Matters Blog, saying, “Ever feel like you have to acknowledge every little accomplishment just to feed your students’ sense of self-worth and keep them coming back for more? This post highlights the importance of recognizing and praising true character to help students achieve greater success in all their musical pursuits.”

Music Pedagogy

Thomas J. West presents Teaching Chord Theory To Secondary Music Performance Ensembles – Thomas J. West Music posted at Thomas J. West Music, saying, “As part of a sequential curriculum in music education, my instrumental music performance students continually learn and practice written music notation. This begins with rote scale and arpeggio study. Once the students have become familiar with the first three key areas they are prepared to start talking about chord theory and simple harmonic progressions.”

Music Performance

Lisa Hood presents The 10 Best Diss Songs in History posted at ZenCollegeLife, saying, “If we’ve learned anything from musicals, it’s that emotions are better expressed through song.”

Allan Mathieu Perkins presents the Harmon Mute posted at The Oil Valley Hornist.

Music Tips

Susie Ahrens presents Play Louder Without Blasting posted at For the Love of Tuba.

The next Music Education Blog Carnival will be hosted by David Ahrens (@MrAhrens) at http://www.davidahrens.us/soundeducation. It’s not too early to submit your articles for next month. Just visit the submission page to add your article. If you’re looking for articles from past blog carnivals, check out the index page.

A special thanks to Dr. Joeseph Pisano for facilitating and maintaining the music education blog carnival!

Related posts:

1. November 2010 Music Education Blog Carnival
2. May 2010 Music Education Blog Carnival
3. November Music Education Blog Carnival

It’s that time again! Welcome to the November 1, 2010 edition of music education blog carnival. This edition features some of the top posts in the Music Education blogosphere from the month of October. Special thanks, as always, go to Dr. Joseph Pisano of MusTech.net for founding/overseeing the monthly Music Education Blog Carnival!

This carnival is a bit thin, understandably so; many teachers are in the thick of their semesters right now. Don’t forget, however, that submissions for the Blog Carnival are always open! Read to the bottom of this post to find out more information about the December edition! Now, without further adieu, enjoy!

Did you like a particular post? Leave a comment here or on the specific post telling the author how much you enjoyed their work!

Music Education

Thomas J. West presents Thomas J. West Music Blog – Thomas J. West Music posted at Thomas J. West Music, saying, “I firmly believe that we will never stop substance abuse and that education efforts help children make better decisions, but ultimately it is up to them. The answer to this issue, I believe, is to guide students to activites and persuits that allow them to experience creativity in a constructive way that allows them to feel fulfilled and helps them build a positive sense of identity.”

Eugene Cantera presents Killing…uhh, Saving Classical Music posted at Discover, Learn, Play.

Natalie Wickham presents YouTube Performance Evaluation Free Worksheet! posted at Music Matters Blog, saying, “With so many students utilizing YouTube to listen to repertoire pieces and observe performances, this free YouTube Evaluation worksheet provides a simple way to encourage them to listen intentionally and make observations that will improve their own playing.

Rhoda Bernard presents Rhoda Wrote a Blog « Rhoda Bernard, Ed.D. posted at Rhoda Bernard, Ed.D., saying, “Post entitled: New Music Teachers: Things Not to Worry About”

Music Technology

Keith Ozsvath presents The Podium as Teaching Station posted at Teaching & Technology [in music].

Other

Thomas J. West presents Thomas J. West Music Blog – Thomas J. West Music posted at Thomas J. West Music, saying, “With the recent news article about the college student who committed suicide because his roommate broadcast his intimate moments in their dorm room on the internet with a remotely controlled web camera, I felt compelled to post a short article about protecting your reputation online. I see so many of our young people not understanding that even the careless things that they say online as a middle school or high school student (or college student, or adult) can affect their chances of being hired for a job or worse.

Related posts:

1. Music Education Blog Carnival – November 2011 Edition
2. May 2010 Music Education Blog Carnival
3. Hosting the Music Education Blog Carnival

New Contributor – Sari Feinstein

We have spent a good amount of time on the site discussing tips and tricks for being a Music Education Major, either at the undergraduate or graduate level. There have even been some teaching tips and thoughts posted for those who have finished their degrees. However, an area of the music education “lifespan” that we have yet to touch upon is the preparations for music school. To help us explore these ideas, I have added another regular contributor to our gang – Sari Feinstein.

Sari comes to us as an expert in the field of being a high school student applying to study Music Ed in college – because that’s exactly what she is doing right now! Sari is a senior at Commack High School in New York, where she serves as the president of her Tri-M chapter and Drum Major of her marching band. Sari is a trumpet player with specific interests in African drumming and ethnomusicology, and we look forward to her sharing her thoughts on the college application/audition process; from my discussions with her so far, she had this all figured out before she even began! Sari will be writing over the course of the school year, covering subjects ranging from choosing schools to apply to, choosing audition repertoire, preparing for/playing the audition, and making final decisions on where to go. We are so excited to have her on board! You can follow Sari on Twitter at @sarifeinstein.

If the application process isn’t your thing, then never fear – we’ll still have great content from regular and guest authors on all other topics, too!

Blog Carnival

Just this morning, Dr. Joseph Pisano of MusTech.net posted the October edition of the Music Education Blog Carnival. The music education carnival, a monthly compilation of the best in the music education blogosphere, was started by Dr. Pisano, and MusicEdMajor.net hosted the last edition of the carnival for the 2009-2010 school year back in May. It is my pleasure to announce that once again, we will be hosting the November Music Education Blog Carnival here at MusicEdMajor.net!

If you have a post that is in any way related to Music Education, I strongly encourage you to consider submitting it for inclusion in this month’s carnival. To do so, just head over to the submission page. If you have any questions about the process, check out my instructions from the May carnival – they should help. If not, feel free to contact me!

I look forward to reading some wonderful posts this month, both from our new contributer, Sari, and from all of your fantastic blog carnival submissions!

Related posts:

1. Hosting the Music Education Blog Carnival
2. REMINDER: Last Week for Blog Carnival Submissions
3. November 2010 Music Education Blog Carnival

Music Education

Andrew Ritenour presents The Educational Beauty of Twitter posted at Future Music Educators.

Janice Tuck presents Music Primary Singing Resources posted at The Music Teachers Blog

Zoe Toft presents Stories in tune – The Magic Flute; Part 1 posted at Playing by the book, saying, “I’m not a music educator per se but a mum who wants to introduce my young kids to more classical music and so I’ve started a series called Stories in Tune where I review picture book versions of classical music pieces and write up the play and response they inspire in my children.”

Susan Haugland presents Why, not What or How posted at Susan Haugland’s Blog.

Brenda D Muench presents BoomWhacker Mysteries in First Grade: Part One posted at Tech Tempo.

Wendy Stevens presents To Give or Not Give Makeup Lessons posted at ComposeCreate.com, saying, “Since many music educators also teach private lessons, this article gives them a list of options for making the most of their valuable time. Many independent music teachers will also find this information helpful.”

Thomas J. West presents PMEA In-Service Conference 2010 – Live Blog posted at Thomas J. West Music, saying, “The Pennsylvania Music Educators Association’s annual conference and All-State Ensembles Festival took place in Pittsburgh, PA on April 22-24. This live blog features the story of attending the conference while serving as an All-State chaperone, as well as “pearls of wisdom” from conference sessions as tweeted by music educators and music ed. undergraduates.”

Steve Baker presents The World’s Greatest Band Director posted on Facebook.

Evan Tobias presents Open scores and music students: An invitation to compose from Jason Freeman posted at Catalysts & Connections.

Joseph Pisano presents Jazz Appreciation Month: Celebrate Women Jazz Artists -Lesson Plan posted at Music, Technology and Education: Mustech.net

Music Advocacy

Craig M. Cortello presents FROM THE BAND ROOM TO THE BOARDROOM?The 9 Common Lessons of Music Education That Translate into Success posted at Business Musician’s Blog.

Andy Zweibel presents Collegiate Leadership Academy at MENC’s Music Education Week posted at MusicEdMajor.net.

Music Pedagogy

Cary Stewart presents Measures of Success – First Look posted at Third Stream Music Education.

Cary Stewart presents Measures of Success – Second Look posted at Third Stream Music Education, saying, “Part Two of the method book review”

Jenny Boster presents The Importance of Beginning Technique posted at The Teaching Studio, saying, “The Teaching Studio is a relatively new blog all about teaching piano lessons. This was an article I wrote during the week we focused on the topic of teaching beginning piano technique.”

Music Performance

Chad Criswell presents Is Beta Blocker Use By Musicians A Form Of Doping? – Opinion | Music Education Magic – Music Education Magic posted at Tales From The Podium.

Music Technology

Samuel Wright presents iPad & The Future of Music Education posted at Wright-Stuff Music

Theresa White presents Group SMS Program – Swaggle.mobi posted at Education in Music, saying, “Also could go in education. It’s used as an educational technology ”

Jim Frankel presents The Other 80%: An Industry Perspective posted at Music Technology in Edcation.

Other

John Bogenschutz presents Dissection of a College Music Education Major posted at Tone Deaf, saying, “This is a comic I draw and this comic is based on College Music Education Majors.”

Related posts:

1. November 2010 Music Education Blog Carnival
2. Music Education Blog Carnival – November 2011 Edition
3. Hosting the Music Education Blog Carnival

We have officially made it to the last week in April, which means it’s probably crunch time for most college students/teachers out there, and the end is in sight for those of you in the public schools. However, don’t forget about an incredible opportunity to share your thoughts with the music education community which ends this Friday-the 14th Edition of the Music Education Blog Carnival! This carnival will be a showcase of the top blog posts related to Music education in the month of April, and will be hosted right here at MusicEdMajor.net on the first of May. Not only is this the last week to submit your posts for this month’s carnival, but it’s your last chance to submit until September, as the Music Ed Blog Carnival will be taking summer vacation with the rest of us! Don’t miss your chance!

Here’s What to Do:

Here are the steps to take in order to submit your blog post to this month’s carnival:

1. Write or find a post! It can be on any topic related to music education, and doesn’t have to be written this month (you can use old posts), but it must be your original work.
2. Take note of the permalink to this post. The permalink is the direct URL to the post, and can be found when viewing the post individually, as opposed to on your homepage (it will look something like this: http://yoursite.com/04/25/post-name/)
3. Head to the Music Ed Blog Carnival Submission Page to submit your entry. Enter the permalink, your name and email address, a category for the post, and any additional remarks you have.
4. Hit submit! It’s that easy!

Don’t Miss Your Last Chance!

This is your last opportunity to have your work featured in the Music Education Blog Carnival until September, as the Carnival will not be published during the summer months. Don’t miss this incredible chance to have your work read by hundreds of like-minded music teachers. Get your submissions in by April 30th at 11:59 PM EST by visiting the Music Ed Blog Carnival Submission Page today!

Related posts:

1. Hosting the Music Education Blog Carnival
2. November Music Education Blog Carnival
3. November 2010 Music Education Blog Carnival

It is with great excitement that I announce that MusicEdMajor.net will be hosting the 14th Edition of the Music Education Blog Carnival (and LAST of the 2009-2010 school year)!

Huh? What’s a Blog Carnival?

A Blog Carnival is essentially a showcase of the top content from Blogs in a particular niche. The Music Ed Blog Carnival, specifically, is a project of Dr. Joe Pisano at MusTech.net, and is a monthly^[1] showcase of the top Music Education blog posts for a given month. In this case, you can expect the Carnival to be published on May 1, and be a recap of the month of April.

What Do I Write About?

Are you interested in writing for the Music Ed Blog Carnival? Not sure what to write about? It’s quite simple, actually: write about music education! Okay, maybe that was a bit obvious. However, the Blog Carnival does allow you to submit your post under one of the following categories:

• Music Advocacy
• Music Education
• Music Pedagogy
• Music Performance
• Music Software/Hardware
• Music Technology
• Music Tips
• Other

If your post falls into any of these categories (which it likely does, seeing as how there’s an “Other” category!), I strongly encourage you to submitting it to the Carnival!

How Do I Submit?

It’s easy! Just make sure your post is related to Music Education (this is a requirement!), and then head to the Music Ed Blog Carnival Submission Page to submit your entry. You’ll need to enter the Permalink URL^[2], your name and email address, the category under which the post goes, and any additional comments you have (this would be a great chance for a brief summary of the post). That’s it!

What Are You Waiting For?

If you’re interested, and you have a post (or an idea for a post), just head on over to the submission page to submit your post for consideration! Be sure to check back on May 1, 2010 to find out if your post was published in the Blog Carnival! This will be the last carnival of the school year, so get your posts in soon!

Submit your post to the May Music Education Blog Carnival today! It’s your LAST CHANCE until September!

Footnotes:

1. Monthly editions of the Music Ed Blog Carnival will stop over the summer, and resume with an edition on September 1.
2. The direct URL to the post (for example, the permalink of this post is http://musicedmajor.net/2010/04/06/april-carnival)

Related posts:

1. REMINDER: Last Week for Blog Carnival Submissions
2. November 2010 Music Education Blog Carnival
3. November Music Education Blog Carnival