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“Tired! A Sign of the Times?”

Статья 04.09.2014, 17:20

“Tired! A Sign of the Times?” How often have you asked a student, “How are you, today?” and their response was “Tired!”   As a former public school choral director, I would stand at the door of the choral room and chat with entering students.   Invariably, when asked, “How are you, today?” the answer would be the same: “Tired!”   I heard this repeatedly during my twenty-eight years of public school teaching.   Now, as a university professor, it is interesting that many students ...

 

CU Music Faculty Member Retires From “The Stephen Foster Story” After 40 Years

Статья 04.09.2014, 17:15

CU Music Faculty Member Retires From “The Stephen Foster Story” After 40 Years   “Neither heat nor rain nor tree frogs and crickets stays these singers from the swift completion of their nightly performance.”   This paraphrase of the famous post office creed is an apt description of the nightly ritual in mounting “The Stephen Foster Story” performed during the summer nights at the J. Dan Talbot Amphitheater located on the grounds of My Old Kentucky Home State Park, located in Bardstown, KY. ...

 

Music Teachers: Times Are Changing!

Статья 04.09.2014, 17:06

Music Teachers: Times Are Changing! By Dr. David Hedrick The Times They Are A-Changin' is the third studio album by American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan , released in January 1964 by Columbia Records .     If this sentiment by Bob Dylan was his assessment in 1964, one may speculate it is even more applicable today in the area of education and the field of music.   In an era of fast-paced changes, the value of a career today is often measured by academic preparation, observation, ...