In this article, the author explores the digital artwork of Brian Evans, a composer-artist who creates visualizations of sound. Through the years Evans' love for music and visual art led him to explore ways to work concurrently with image and sound. Digital technology proved to be such a means. Digital technology is based upon the transcription of…

National Standard 4 calls for "composing and arranging music within specified guidelines." Composing requires teacher and students to work with a piece of music before they know its final form. Compared to performing, listening, and responding to music, the outcome of composition activities is less predictable. These activities may seem less…

Author wrote a lovely poem appealing to Ludwig von Beethoven and the complexities faced by a young girl playing his music. (RK)

This article is abstracted from the author's forthcoming book, "Debussy: The Crisis of Tonality," wherein Claude Debussy's influence on the mainstream composers of the first half of the twentieth century is discussed. (KC)

A professional development programme for music educators was designed and administered to include institutional and personal professional strategies for the enhancement and growth of music teachers' knowledge base and actions. Supervisors and targeted practitioners in a large public school system built an innovative programme, applying current…

Classroom composing is a lot of work, but it is tremendously rewarding for students and for teachers. The learning and skill development that attends composing efforts can make the addition of composing activities to a music classroom both useful and enjoyable. In this article, the author provides five steps for leading students in classroom…

In this study, the authors investigated effects of aural model-supported rehearsal preparation on selected behavioral and evaluative elements of novice teachers' rehearsals. Sixteen preservice music teachers conducted high school bands in four 15-minute rehearsals (two rehearsals on two different pieces). To prepare for their rehearsals on one…

The aim of this paper is to define music appraisal and to explore the role that talk plays in the process of helping pupils in secondary school music lessons to develop their appraisal skills. This paper offers a definition of appraisal, and traces its developing role in the National Curriculum in England since the early 1990s. The role of…

Music education must assist in the task of restoring the student's faith in today, his hope in tomorrow, and his respect for yesterday. (Author)

Schools should adopt at all levels programs aimed at developing comprehensive musicianship in their students. (CK)