In response to reading newspaper coverage of his supposed demise, Mark Twain famously stated, “The reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated.” I was reminded of this statement after seeing recent newspaper reports and arts leaders’ comments touting the demise of arts education in our schools and recommendations that we significantly alter music and arts education as a result of “decline.”
SUBJECT: “How My School Music Program Contributes To The Quality Of Life In My Community” The following ten students are recipients of the 2007 essay scholarship, “How My School Music Program Contributes To The Quality Of Life In My Community.” Each student will receive a $1,000 scholarship award from SCHOOL BAND AND ORCHESTRA and co-sponsors, Alfred [...]
Texas gets it. When you add up the facts, the results point to the fact that Texas most likely has the most support for music education of any state in the nation. The state boasts the largest independent music educators association, the TMEA, as well as the largest bandmasters group, the Texas Bandmasters. We regularly [...]
DSO Gets $1m Boost from HondaThe Detroit Symphony Orchestra has received a gift of $1,000,000 from car maker Honda to establish the Power of Music Dreams Education Fund and bolster the DSO’s youth music programs. Specifically, this initiative intends to provide the children of Detroit increased musical opportunities. In the next five years, Honda and [...]
A Google search for “fundraising” yields over 47,000,000 results, but it can be daunting to sift through that quantity of data to find what really works for music programs. A much easier task is to simply review this latest SBO readers’ survey, in which band directors from around the country shared the tactics that they [...]
by Bob Morrison I know all of the readers of SBO join me in extending our thoughts and prayers for everyone who has been affected in some way by this disaster. During times of national crisis, sometimes thoughts and prayers are not enough, however. Many people I have spoken with have expressed a sense of [...]
School Web pages are becoming the norm in education today, and music teachers are rapidly experiencing the benefits of this mass communication. Schools and teachers can communicate rapidly and widely to people in and beyond their own communities like never before. During the past several months, School Band and Orchestra’s “Casting A Web Presence” column [...]
