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Congratulations to the following students who achieved recognition this past Sunday (February 28th) by being listed on the Hamilton-Halton ORMTA Honour Roll.
Alon Coret Toshe Zlatanoski Yujiang ZhangThe list consists of all those who achieved 80% or above in a conse…
As part of an ongoing series of posts on the 2009 RCM Theory Syllabus, I’m examining the changes in the Basic Rudiments requirements in comparison to the 2002 syllabus. There are actually very few changes, so you may sense that I’ve having to dig deep to find them.
The biggest change, I su…
With the release of the new 2009 theory syllabus, we have entered a transition period. I am currently teaching my online classes to align with the new syllabus. The following information is from Music Matters, the official newsletter of RCM Examinations, and explains the transition:
As with all…
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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.), f…
Here's an interesting perspective on the future of music education:
1. Stop training future music educators to (only) be ‘band directors’.
2. Infuse university music education curricula with mandatory business, technology and marketing classes.
Is this writer correct? Could the future of music…
Those of us who teach private lessons from our home face special challenges. Most of the time, I appreciate the great advantages of being able to set my own schedule, fees, and policies. Other times, I long for the regularity of full-time employment. One of the challenges of the private music te…
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