Hi to you all, This new initiative - a brain child of Marc Crompton - has such terrific potential to make our music teaching and artistic activity more...
Hello to everyone, I wonder if a simple place to start a discussion would be on how we prepare our students to practice. Have we ever investigated whether we...
Hi Ralph, I ran into this issue a number of years ago when I was doing my undergraduate performance degree. It took me until third year to realize that nobody...
Hi List First of all thanks for setting this up as Bandchat seems to have disappeared you may soon be inundated by non WASBE members such as I! Anyway to the...
Hi Richard, Although I also lament the seeming demise of Bandchat, this list list not intended to replace that. As you know, Bandchat discouraged discussion...
Follow these links to find out more about the National Curriculum http://www.nc.uk.net/ http://www.ncaction.org.uk/ Music is a compulsory subject from the age...
As we begin to turn our heads to a new year in the Northern Hemisphere thoughts of new repertoire dance through our heads. I'm wondering what repertoire list...
Hello to you both (and any one else out there!) The ideas you have put forward are pleasing to hear. I intend telling my music education students to access...
Hello Marc, Thanks for this point of discussion. I best be careful here being married to a music publisher and also being a composer. I would urge people to...
Readers may like to see consider what the WASBE Schools network is up to. Below is an article taken from the latest WASBE newsletter. It gives you an idea of...
Doesn't Sound like a commission to me! ... Christopher ... which ... for ... commissioning ... be ... WASBE ... hearing ... Christopher ... something ... and ...
Dear Colleagues, Here I am in beautiful Singapore and excited about the start of the 12th WASBE International conference!!! We have had a Board of Directors...
Hello to you all, I have had the joy of working at the Amercian Band College in Ashland Oregon a number of times now and my last visit just two weeks ago was a...
HI, It's the end of day one and though I had already posted today I thought it would be good to tell you my perspective of what else I have been involved with....
Me again! Tomorrow there are sessions on: The band program in Singapore Historical perspecitves on Asian band development Discussion on the Asian influence on...
Hello to you all, I know that it's summer vacation for many and I am sure you are enjoying it! It's been summer in Singapore too, and the music has been hot...
Hello Fellow Band Directors As we in the UK still have a week to go the thoughts of the summer holidays are looming large. For me next week will be my last...
Dear Colleagues, It is cool `down under' at present and it shows the potential to become even more chilly! My return from Singapore was joyful as I noted in my...
A post from the WSN email list from Gary Ross What makes a good music program? Could not refuse this one. I have taught for 24 years at the elementary and...
I received this from Gary Barton via the WSN email list. What do you think? Though we have very strong programs here in the U.S, I can think of no time when we...
I totally agree with Gary. To get a good programme you need to be an evangelist if no programme exists, and then an inspirational leader to develop and sustain...
I moved to Vancouver from Eastern Canada 23 years ago and met Victor Guy a month or two later. He had just taken over the music program at Britannia High...
Hi Folk, I have enjoyed reading the posts of recent times and seeing the discussion move around as it has. The points raised about young teachers are...
Hello to you, I spent this afternoon teaching an Instrumental Music Pedagogy class and I wondered about what I was doing! How much do we assume people know...
It also makes me wonder how much parents know about what goes on in music classes and even what they actually know about music when I meet them in parent...
It's exciting to see the growing membership on the WSN list. We currently have 22 members from all over the world. Some names I recognize and others I don't....
Hello to you all, I have taken Marc's advice and edited my profile so you know that bit more about me. I would like to have put a photo there also but ...
Two way street, amigo, although my opinion is pretty weightless, being a private teacher. OK, who's going to contribute the remaining 1486 words? Seriously,...
There is no doubt about it... the student ensemble IS a reflection of the conductor. The conductor selects the repertoire. The conductor sets the tone, pace,...
I agree whole heartedly with Richard that the ensemble as a whole and the students individually reflect the attitudes and decisions of their teacher. The worst...
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