Musically Celebrate Black History Month
In February America celebrates Black History Month, taking time to honor African Americans. In this blog post I pay tribute to composers Florence Price and William Grant Still, and to…
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Music Kitchen – Food For The Soul
If you live in a large metropolitan center like New York, Chicago or San Francisco, you quickly realize the enormity of the problem of homelessness. The fifteen years I spent…
Hallelujah… Some Holiday Levity
Have you ever sung Messiah – a portion of it, or just Hallelujah? I remember the first time I did. I was scared out of my mind. The choir of…
Coming Full Circle
Some stories are worth telling… others not. Then there are those we deem worth retelling! I’ve told this one recently, and would like to share it again with you here….
1 + 1 = 10
Eleven days ago Marcia and I attended a moving celebration of the life of New Jersey philanthropist Judy Weston. We went to the event knowing that Judy was renowned for…
Fortunate Indeed!
Grants totaling more than $35.6 million were approved by the New Jersey State Council on the Arts (NJSCA) at its Annual Meeting in July. This reflects the largest appropriation ever made…
Thank you for providing the free online learning videos! We had our students listen to The Firebird Suite Lullaby & Finale and read an article where researchers found evidence that a conch shell was used as an instrument 17,000 years ago. Then students drew a picture (grades K-2) or wrote (grades 3-8) about how the music made them feel.