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Monday, April 23, 2012
The TC Program in Music and Music Education will spotlight TC Chamber Music as part of the national chamber music celebration. New York, NY (April 23, 2012) TC Chamber Music will join thousands of musicians and hundreds of concert presenters across the country this May in celebrating National Chamber Music Month. Teachers College's presentation of [...][more]
Wednesday, March 28, 2012
Dr. Lori Custodero’s Blog on Huffington Post How important is music in the life of your child? Just listen, and they’ll tell you. As you walk together in the park, your preschooler provides her own musical accompaniment, spontaneously singing a simple repeated melody with punctuated rhythms, with lyrics drawn from something she’s heard in her [...][more]
Wednesday, March 28, 2012
The 2012 NAfME Conference is March 29–31, in St. Louis, Missouri. Thursday, March 29; Panel Discussion. Composing Our Future: Part One Presenters: Janice P. Smith, Aaron Copland School of Music, Queens College CUNY, Flushing, NY; Maud Hickey and Peter R. Webster, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL; Dr. Randall E. Allsup, Teachers College, Columbia University, New York; [...][more]
Monday, March 05, 2012
Dr. Lori Custodero’s WeBop! was recently rated Best Music Class by New York Magazine No pandering, no nursery rhymes, no saccharine kiddie music. Teachers at Jazz at Lincoln Center—all schooled in early childhood education and musical or jazz performance—make sure kids and their parents get an authentic introduction to the genre by grounding sessions in [...][more]
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Dr. Lori Custodero will be the keynote speaker February 8-10 at the Flemish Centre for Music Education’s Music Education Research Seminar 3: Music Education for Young Children (0-6) Prof. Custodero's research has focused on children from infancy through preadolescence, and adults as musicians, teachers, and parents. She has presented and published on issues of musical [...][more]
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Friday, May 04, 2012
The Teachers College Youth Chorus proudly presents MY OWN SONGS. Tuesday, May 8 at 6:00 pm Milbank Chapel in Zankel Hall. Admission is free. The Teachers College Youth Chorus is made up of students in grades 5-8 coming from 9 schools in the neighborhood surrounding Teachers College. Created as a forum for exploring innovative approaches [...][more]
Wednesday, April 18, 2012
Thursday, April 19th, 2012 Concert at 8:15 p.m. Pre-concert talk at 7:30 p.m. by Stewart Pollens: Casino Paganini Christ & St. Stephen’s Church 120 West 69th Street, New York PROGRAM Sonata in F Major for Violin and Piano (1838) – Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847) Sonata for Violin Solo, MS 83 (ca. 1800) – Niccolò Paganini (1782-1840) At [...][more]
Wednesday, April 18, 2012
The TC Bone Marrow Drive is looking for musicians to play in Everett Cafe on Thursday. Please email Michelle Tang if you are interested. Tang, Michelle mot2102@tc.columbia.edu Related Posts JOB OPENING AT MARET SCHOOL Music Beans looking to hire Music & Music Education Social at Amsterdam Cafe Voice Recital Music from the Americas for Piano [...][more]
Thursday, April 12, 2012
TC Chamber Music from Bach to Björk 7:30pm Tuesday, May 1, 2012 Milbank Chapel. FREE Admission. Works by J. S. Bach, Björk, Leonard Cohen, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, Edward Elgar, Gustav Holst, Scott Joplin, Astor Piazzolla, Henry Purcell, José Silvestre White. TC Chamber Musicians Born in England, Andrea Courchene began playing the cello at age three. After [...][more]
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Monday, April 23, 2012
THE PHILADELPHIA WIND SYMPHONY presents Visions Virginia Allen, Artistic Director Tuesday, May 8, 2012 at 7 pm Levitt Auditorium in Gershman Hall University of the Arts, 401 South Broad Street Center City Philadelphia ♦ General Admission ~ $10 ♦ Students and Seniors with valid ID ~ $5 Admission payable in cash at door prior to [...][more]
Friday, April 06, 2012
MayDay Group Colloquium 24 “The Aims of Music Education” June 20-23, 2012 Michigan State University East Lansing, Michigan USA. Cultural Values and Musical Goals: Investigating an Irish Fiddle Class Nathaniel Olson, EDD Candidate. Music as a Source for Self Actualization: The Pedagogy of Confidence Applied in an Urban Middle School Choral Setting Nicole Becker, EDD [...][more]
Saturday, March 17, 2012
College Music Society 33rd Northeast Regional Conference March 16-17, 2012 State University of New York-Fredonia Fredonia, New York Dr. Carol Ann Aicher, Program Committee Chair Dr. Robert Horowitz, Keynote Speaker “Music in our Lives: The Cognitive, Social, and Personal Dimensions of Musical Experience” Dr. Barbara Nowicki, Lecture Recital ” The Polish Art Song: Revealing a [...][more]
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
Corwin: Integrating the Performing Arts in Grades K–5: Rekha S. Rajan: 9781452203959 Related Posts Conference Happenings Research Spotlight: Philosophy and Education Alumna Shaireen Rasheed Dr. Jasmin Cowin Katie Bartels: Helping, Empowering, and Raising Awareness Hello world![more]
Wednesday, February 01, 2012
‘Shut up and teach': The high stakes of teacher voice By Eric Shieh. “Halfway through my third year of teaching music, in 2007, administrators in my St. Louis district decided to cut student time in the arts by 64 percent at the middle-school level as part of a plan to improve student test-scores. Appalled, I [...][more]
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Events
Friday, May 04, 2012
The Teachers College Youth Chorus proudly presents MY OWN SONGS. Tuesday, May 8 at 6:00 pm Milbank Chapel in Zankel Hall. Admission is free. The Teachers College Youth Chorus is made up of students in grades 5-8 coming from 9 schools in the neighborhood surrounding Teachers College. Created as a forum for exploring innovative approaches [...][more]
Thursday, April 12, 2012
TC Chamber Music from Bach to Björk 7:30pm Tuesday, May 1, 2012 Milbank Chapel. FREE Admission. Works by J. S. Bach, Björk, Leonard Cohen, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, Edward Elgar, Gustav Holst, Scott Joplin, Astor Piazzolla, Henry Purcell, José Silvestre White. TC Chamber Musicians Born in England, Andrea Courchene began playing the cello at age three. After [...][more]
Wednesday, April 04, 2012
Wed. April 25, 7:30p Milbank Chapel, solo piano recital, Dr. John Gavalchin bio and photo at: http://www.tc.edu/a%26h/MusicEd/index.asp?Id=Lesson%20Instructors&Info=Keyboards Tues. May 1, 7:30 Milbank Chapel, TC Chamber Music “From Bach to Björk” Thurs. May 3, 7:30pm Milbank Chapel, Musical Serenandes diverse performances by TC students from diverse programs. Related Posts Chamber Music from Bach to Björk December Concerts [...][more]
Friday, March 30, 2012
TC International Week April 2-6, 2012 Global Rhythm: A Serenade of World Cultures. Marie-Louise Bowe and Anne-Marie Hildebrandt will present a program of Irish fiddle music Monday, April 2nd at 6:30pm in Milbank Chapel Related Posts Out of Ireland: Music from and influenced by the Emerald Isle Recital for Anne-Marie Hildebrandt Event Photos: Spring 2011 [...][more]
Wednesday, March 28, 2012
Tiffany Chung- April 14th, Milbank Chapel, 2 pm Christine DeMichele- May 11th. Milbank Chapel, 7:30 pm Related Posts Graduate Recital Sesil Kim Faculty Piano Recital Yoonjean Lee Violin Recital Recital for Anne-Marie Hildebrandt The APPLE Lecture with Professor Thomas Cobb, Friday, February 11, 2011[more]