It’s December, and that means we celebrate the birth of an amazing man, an amazing composer: Beethoven! (Birthday – December 16th) Over the years, I have featured many ideas about Beethoven and how listening to and studying his works can integrate with...
“Music is the universal language of mankind.” — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Ask any musician or music lover and they will agree that music, is in and of itself, a language. You can be literate in music. And once this happens whether you become literate...
Promoting a love affair between the student and his or her work is one of our schools’ most important aims.” At least it should be… And the arts can help us to do just that… What are your thoughts??? ~EMP Quote from Chapter 8 “What...
How excited I was when yesterday I saw a wonderful post by Shelley Krause @butwait about my book, Inspired by Listening: Teaching Your Curriculum While Actively Listening to Music. This book is where is all started years ago when I decided to make music part of my...
