Yesterday, I wrote this post, which discusses the role of arts entrepreneurship in higher education. After the post, I started thinking more deeply about the role that context plays in the process of educating our arts students. Higher education helps students go deep in a few subject areas, but mostly, the courses students take provideContinue reading “Thoughts on Why Music Schools Must Embed Context into the Curriculum”
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Climbing the Ladder: Majoring in Music As A Pathway To College and Upward Mobility.
A couple of weeks ago, I published this post, which encourages applied university teachers to broaden the definition of success for their students. It is our responsibility to redefine success for all of our students at the earliest age. If you are part of a middle or high school based music program, an El SistemaContinue reading “Climbing the Ladder: Majoring in Music As A Pathway To College and Upward Mobility.”
Broadening the definition of success for music students.
This is me in fifth grade. At the age of 12, I remember my teachers telling me that if I continued to work, I could get a scholarship to study the instrument in college. Many began to tell me that I should pursue a career on the instrument. When I was barely in middle school,Continue reading “Broadening the definition of success for music students.”
Everyone Should Major In Music!
For decades, we have been told not to major in music. We’ve been told that there aren’t any jobs, and the jobs that do exist have job satisfaction rates in the gutter. When are institutions of higher learning going to widen their definition of success when it comes to majoring in music? The path ofContinue reading “Everyone Should Major In Music!”
Finding your pot of gold: 5 factors to consider when choosing a place to attend college
Congratulations! You are months away from graduation and well on your way to the dream of starting your collegiate career or graduate work! You have received — or are about to receive — letters of acceptance, and now all you need to do is make that all important decision about where you will attend school in the fall.Continue reading “Finding your pot of gold: 5 factors to consider when choosing a place to attend college”