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Free Lesson Plans from Smithsonian Folkways

 

 

05-01-2024

Are you a music teacher looking to diversify your lesson plans? The Smithsonian Folkways website hosts a digital database of free music lesson plans from around the world.

Atlanta Music Project Embarks on First International Tour

05-01-2024

The Atlanta Music Project is in the midst of their first international tour.

ESUSA Musicians Celebrate Ninth Annual El Sistema Residency

05-01-2024

The King School and Project Music just wrapped their Ninth Annual El Sistema Residency, hosting a cluster of east coast–based El Sistema USA programs for a weekend of musical exchange and performance.

Science Shows Humans Are Innately Musical

04-03-2024

Score one for arts advocates: recent research from the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology shows that music is indeed instinctive to humans.

Shifting Perspectives: Music Education and Disability

Laura Azuaje, Global Leaders Institute 2023 MBA Fellow | Venezuela and United States

04-03-2024

When people see children with disabilities actively participating in musical activities, their attitudes can shift drastically. This mental shift is incredibly beneficial for these children, who thrive when they are supported by individuals who believe in their capabilities. In this way, music programs are a connector, educating both children with disabilities and those around them, who learn to celebrate their potential.

Want to Amplify Youth Voices? Give Them a Podcast Mic

Haley Witt, Visibility Manager, Youth on Record

04-03-2024

In mainstream media, youth voices are widely absent, overlooked, or sensationalized. Youth on Record (YOR) aims to address this gap through our creative youth programming, including its Podcasting Production Internship. The program seeks to foster a supportive environment where young people explore creative storytelling and produce podcasts that amplify their voices and ideas.

Suggested Viewing: The Last Repair Shop

03-06-2024

Take 40 minutes to watch The Last Repair Shop, an Oscar-nominated documentary short from L.A. Times Short Docs & Searchlight Pictures.

Australians Push Back on Proposed Arts-Funding Cuts

03-06-2024

Arts programs are often the first to be affected by government cutbacks, and proposed cuts are putting the future of the Melbourne Youth Orchestras at risk.

Webinar: The International Mobility of Disabled Artists and Culture Professionals

03-06-2024

As international opportunities grow for musicians, On the Move is setting out to clear barriers to access faced by disabled artists.

From the Embers of a São Paulo Favela, Music Grows

Mauricio Cruz, Institutional Development Manager, Instituto Baccarelli

03-05-2024

For over 27 years, the Brazilian nonprofit NGO Instituto Baccarelli has been supporting social work with children and young people in vulnerable situations in the favela of Heliópolis, in the city of São Paulo, Brazil. The Institute has a dramatic founding story: in 1996, after a massive fire devastated the favela, the esteemed choral director Maestro Silvio Baccarelli was moved to begin giving free violin lessons to children whose families had been displaced by the disaster. Shortly afterwards, the small string ensemble that originated the Baccarelli Institute was formed.

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