Every study ever done underscores the
value of music education to young children, and the benefits that come from being exposed to music early on.
However, how do we «make this happen» in practice, particularly in a time of reduced resources and changes in the
provision of music education nationally?
The programme aims to recognise and promote high quality music teaching and learning and helps schools to improve the
quality of music education.
Key Benefits Schools are at the
heart of music education and without their recognition and buy - in music will almost certainly decline.
Our dedicated staff of 60 employees works full time to develop music teaching resources quickly and stay on the cutting -
edge of music education and technology.
This week we are sharing podcast episodes that highlight the
landscape of music education — and how to effectively prepare music teachers to ask for support from their administration.
This article shows the importance
of music education in schools through the results obtained by the Projeto Educação pela Arte (Education through Art Project), developed from 2008 to 2010 in a Brazilian public school located in a poor area of Campinas, São Paulo, with high rates of crime and teenage pregnancy.
With creative subjects seemingly taking a backseat to the government focus on Ebacc subjects, Ewan Grant, MD at The Notting Hill Academy of Music, discusses the
importance of music education in the national curriculum.
Steven Demorest, a
professor of music education at Northwestern's Bienen School of Music, looked at the attitudes and beliefs that influence whether or not children choose to continue studying music and how those factors related to their actual singing ability.
Mr. Swapp holds a
Bachelor of Music Education Degree from New Mexico State University and a Masters of Music from the St. Louis Conservatory in trumpet performance.
In the wake of cuts to arts education, the Moab Music Festival Board of Directors has been exploring ways to expand its
support of music education in the Grand County (Utah) School District.
The girl was one of nearly 25 children with autism enrolled in the Boston Conservatory's Students on the Autism Spectrum program where Bernard, as
chair of the music education department, equips the next generation of music teachers with tools for educating all children equally.
And Elizabeth Stafford, director
of Music Education Solutions, agrees that problems with teacher recruitment and retention will grow this year: «The teacher recruitment and retention crises looks set to continue, and I anticipate a downturn in the number of pupils taking arts GCSE and A-level.»
This figure remained untouched during 2011/12 while the Coalition undertook a
review of music education conducted by Darren Henley, the Classic FM boss.
Five school districts and one Catholic school in the greater Dayton area have been recognized by the National Association of Music Merchants Foundation for the quality
of their music education programs.
Mvula is supporting the Action in Music campaign, a partnership between Casio, Classic FM and the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music exam board, which aims to raise the profile
of music education by providing free music tickets for young people and celebrating a music teacher of the year.
Virginia Haworth - Galt, chief executive of the Federation of Music Services, explores the
future of music education in our schools
«This inspired us to initiate a long - term study on the possible
effects of music education on cognitive skills that may underlie academic achievement.»
Support Music A public
service of the Music Education Coalition, this page offers tips to help parents make a case for music — no matter what argument a local district board might be using to force cutbacks.
Elizabeth
Stafford of Music Education Solutions presented findings from MES's recent project with Sefton and Knowsley music education hubs, which looked at best practice in whole class ensemble tuition.
When she recognized the
state of music education, particularly how it continues to be first on the chopping block when schools» budgets are cut, Bernard reflected on everything music had brought to her own life.
In an attempt to resume the subject, in the late 1990s the Brazilian government published a law sanctioning the
return of Music education in schools.
There were several reasons for this, but Santos believes that the lack of preparation of educators was a major factor for the
failure of music education in schools in Brazil (Santos, 2005).
Exhibition highlights The Expo also offered delegates the opportunity to explore the huge variety of businesses working to enrich the
world of music education.
In 2016, he commenced an exciting role with a notable external
provider of music education in Australian classrooms — Musica Viva In Schools.
For instance, 10 of the 17 preservice teachers cared more about developing student appreciation of the social and cultural
significance of music education.
Participating preservice teachers also expressed anxiety over using GarageBand ™ within the context
of music education due to fear of losing what Amy referred to as «our cultural heritage.»
Project - based learning, such as show productions, is a key to success at Renaissance Arts, said Frank Heuser,
head of music education at UCLA's Department of Music.
Together, our teachers have brought the transformational
gift of music education to over 650,000 US public school children.
In addition, sign up here to receive regular communications about podcasts, webcasts, forums, e-newsletters and connect with a national
network of music education advocates.
To help you with media outreach, we have created a PR Toolkit to raise the
visibility of your music education program and to celebrate this important designation by The NAMM Foundation.
A variety of events to raise
awareness of music education including university presentations, teacher workshops, student master - classes, discussions and live concerts