Any good "music education" web sites?
Joyce S. Deer
A fellow teacher has come to me requesting the above information for her
students. She is fairly new to the web, trying to convince 9th graders
in an Introduction to Fine Arts class why the history of music education
is important. I am a math teacher, so while I WILL be on the search
engines this weekend, I thought someone else could also direct me to
some of their favorites. I really appreciate the extra help. You may
reply either by email or this NG - I read it daily.
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Joyce S. Deer
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Annette Marcucilli
Joyce S. Deer wrote:
>
> A fellow teacher has come to me requesting the above information for her
> students. She is fairly new to the web, trying to convince 9th graders
> in an Introduction to Fine Arts class why the history of music education
> is important. I am a math teacher, so while I WILL be on the search
> engines this weekend, I thought someone else could also direct me to
> some of their favorites. I really appreciate the extra help. You may
> reply either by email or this NG - I read it daily.
>
> --
> Joyce S. Deer
Joyce
Not positive about websites, but I would like to mention a CD-Rom
package that my husband found at the local Electronic Boutique software
store. The package is titled "Art And Music", and is published by Zane.
In case you're interested, the ISBN is 1-57573-027-8
The four-CD set cost Joe only $20 (twenty). He thought at first price
was in error (these were purchased two years ago, and the then-current
programs were much pricier for even a single CD), but that was the
correct price... Go figure. (*Maybe* just at that store, due to low
demand....aarrggh...though that wasn't the impression he got)
While certainly not all-emcompassing, he finds the set offers a very
good introduction to each period covered (the four periods are Medieval,
Renaissance, Baroque, and Eighteenth Century....he went back out and
bought the two additional individual CD's -- Impressionism and Modern
Era, at the outrageous price of $10 each <G>.) Each CD has a
presentation that lasts about 40 minutes, plus the option of accessing
questions and explanations on the ideas, a supplementary Encyclopedia,
and a text file showing the provenance of each artistic work.
Another "plus" is that these are Power CD's, meaning they boot directly
from the CD without needing to install onto a not-overly-generous-size
Hard Drive at school. (Compatible with Mac as well as PC).
The obvious "downside" is that the teacher needs a classroom computer,
with CD=Rom drive. Yikes.
Anyway, just thought I'd pass that on. He bought them specifically for
a Junior High 9th grade class (English) in an effort to offer his kids a
Humanities outlook to literature, art, and music. There we go, trying
to get culture into the hooligans, eh?
Annette :)
Robert W. Sauerwein
I have a collection of music ed links that i have collected from the web
http://www.uncg.edu/~rwsauerw/mus_ed_lnks.html
Robert W Sauerwein
5800 Thacker Dairy RD.
Whitsett, NC 27377
rwsa...@hamlet.uncg.edu
Kim & Peter J. Sialtsis
Joyce S. Deer wrote:
>
> A fellow teacher has come to me requesting the above information for her
> students. She is fairly new to the web, trying to convince 9th graders
> in an Introduction to Fine Arts class why the history of music education
> is important. I am a math teacher, so while I WILL be on the search
> engines this weekend, I thought someone else could also direct me to
> some of their favorites. I really appreciate the extra help.
Joyce:
My kids have found many great music sites that may help touch on music
education and music history. http://home.ican.net/~guild/music.htm
Kim Sialtsis
De La Salle College
Summer Internet Program