As I attended the Promise of Music Symposium at the Royal Conservatory of Music last month, I sat intently listening to the movers and shakers in the music education world. Many of them had accomplished great things, founded music education programs (i.e. El Sistema, Hamilton Philharmonic, etc.), fu…
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Can people really be tone-deaf?
At the recent Promise of Music Symposium at the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto, the question above was posed to Dr. Daniel Levitin, Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience at McGill University (and best-selling author of the book "This is Your Brain on Music"). Dr. Levitin's response was in…
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You did what????
Posted September 15, 2008
"So . . . what did you do in music lesson today?"
"We played video games."
"Excuse me?"
"We played video games."
"In music lesson?"
"Yes."
"You mean, I'm paying good money to have you sit and play video games, when you could do that at home just as easily? What kind of education is that?"
OK, so it might be a hard sell. But those who desire to incorporate technology into music education have a lot more options these days. Here's an interesting article on music "games" (we could call them "practical experiences," or "virtual field trips") that can certainly contribute and add depth to our general music classes.
I'm curious to know how we can incorporate these type of products into our lessons/classes and maintain credibility with the skeptics (as illustrated above).
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