Catalysts & Connections - Evan Tobias

Thanks to a recent announcement on the Gender Research in Music Education list I found out about a great new resource which will feature and celebrate a woman instrumentalist twice a month. Created by Susan Fleet, this website offers students a great way to learn more about women instrumentalists throughout history. I remember my first […]

If you are interested in issues of social justice and music education consider attending the upcoming Musica Ficta Lived Realities: A Conference on Exclusions and Engagements in Music, Education and the Arts, at the Univesity of Toronto from Thurs. Jan. 24 - Sun. Jan. 27 2008. It looks like an excellent set of sessions […]

Thanks to Jeff Chang for pointing out a recent article in the New York Times that discusses David Henry Hwang’s new musical “Yellow Face.” His new play addresses some of the issues of race, ethnicity and stereotypes that he also dealt with in his musical M. Butterfly in response to Miss Saigon.
This reminded me of […]