Catalysts & Connections - Evan Tobias

With the summer here and a ton of links I have bookmarked to write about over the past few months it’s time for another music education mixtape……
Track 1 - Not all of our top percussionists will end up as principal percussionists in symphony orchestras, and even those that do might end up leaving to […]

Track 1 - Have any of your students asked you to be more like Sunny Bridges ? Read reviews of Class of 3000 created by Andre 3000 of Outkast starring him as a music teacher.
Track 2 - Here’s a great collection of blogs that contain opera mp3s.
Track 3 - This online program tests […]

Track 1- Thanks to Jonathan Savage for his comment referencing some very exciting music education research on Ted’s post about Lucy Green and informal music education settings in the classroom.
Track 2 - Looking for a prompt for getting your students composing? How about this idea..
Track 3 - If you are going to be working on […]

Track 1 - How long until public school music programs start up their own laptop orchestras ? If you had one in your school one of your students might even eventually make a career writing electronica and orchestral music!
Track 2 - Speaking of orchestras, why not let your students know what playing in an […]

Track 1 - Has anyone had their music students contribute material related to music for the wikipedia?

Track 2 - Your students may be interested in the world’s longest concert. The “as slow as possible” project could lead into some interesting discussion in your class.
Track 3 - My first thought when I found the link […]

Track 1: An interesting perspective to reference the next time you’re having a discussion about jazz and hip hop music in your classroom
Track 2: A post on being able to download free performances of Bach by the BBC
Track 3: The free open source recording and audio editing software, Audacity, was recently upgraded and has many […]