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This blog is my professional music education portfolio as well as a forum for discussion on all things related to music education.
This blog is my professional music education portfolio as well as a forum for discussion on all things related to music education.
September 21, 2009 at 5:56 pm
Hello Adam!
I came across your blog when I was doing a research paper on Manhattanville for my Masters earlier this year. I am now teaching Middle School Orchestra in the Anchorage School District. I have really enjoyed reading your ideas about the current state and future of music education. There are truly some potentially astounding places that music education might head in the decades to come and I hope to be a small part of it here in the last frontier. For now, I will work with the ensemble based model and see where I can sprinkle little bits of constructivist theory into the mix. It is my hope to eventually have a class, or god forbid, a program based on the leanings of MMCP. Guess we’ll see about that. I like your ideas about creating a curriculum for a class that gives non-ensemble based musicians a chance to participate in musical activities while at school. There is so much potential for new and exciting programs that focus on the standards that all too often go unnoticed in the ensemble centered program. Perhaps we will meet someday at a conference. Until then, I look forward to more of your posts.
Regards, Nathan