Musicing

I love the New England Dancing Masters books of singing games, Down in the Valley and Jump Jim Joe; they have wonderful accompaniments, the songs are down to earth, complex, and they swing. So, kids really love these games! I used Mary Helen Richard’s Let’s Do It Again! from ETM for 12 years as a […]

Evan Tobias included a link to the following petition on his blog. I also heard a lot about this at MMEA. As with many other things with musicing and education, I have mixed feelings. I love the idea of a music education for all children, but I have some major problems with this document (no […]

John Kratus was a guest at our Missouri Music Educators Association annual conference. He gave outstanding presentations on Music Education at the Tipping Point (like his MEJ article) and on teaching song-writing classes. I agree (and have written about it before in this blog) that music education in the U.S. needs to adapt to the […]