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unusual facts about music education



Audiation

Since there was no word similar to imagination for the auditory mode, music education researcher Edwin Gordon coined the word audiation in 1975.

Hugh Ragin

After playing in the Houston All-City High School Orchestra, which toured the UK, he took his bachelor's in music education at the University of Houston and his master's in trumpet performance at Colorado State University.

Mariam Cannon Hayes School of Music

A fully accredited member of the National Association of Schools of Music, the Hayes School of Music offers undergraduate programs in music education, music performance, theory/composition, sacred music performance, music therapy, and music industry studies as well as Master of Music degrees in performance, music education, and music therapy.

National Anthem Project

Sponsored by MENC with major support from the Jeep brand, and other sponsors such as NAMM, Bank of America, and the Gibson Foundation, this campaign, which later used the slogan "to restore America's voice through music education" was MENC's most ambitious project to date.


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Adrian Klumpes

Adrian also devotes time and patience to music education in his home town of Sydney, teaching in the enriching educational environment that is Caringbah High School.

Alexey Ivanovich Borozdin

He graduated from the Kursk Music College in 1957, then studied in the L'vov Music School until 1961, when he dropped out for a teaching career and did not complete his formal music education until 1976, when he graduated from the Novosibirsk Music School.

Art Porter, Sr.

An alum of AM&N College (1954, BA in Music Education) and Henderson State University (1975, MS in Music Education), Porter taught at various high schools and colleges, including Parkview High School in Little Rock, Mississippi Valley College and Philander Smith College.

Avon Lake Chorale

In addition to earning numerous superior ratings at Ohio Music Education Association (OMEA) State Contests, Regional, and National Choral Festivals, the Chorale has been a featured choir at the Kodaly Music Educator's Association Central Regional Convention in Cleveland, Carnegie Hall in New York City, and the Mad River Choral Festival at Wright State University.

Bunker, Missouri

Mel Bay (Musician best known for his series of music education books)

Clive Gillinson

In this area, his initiatives with the London Symphony Orchestra included the development of the LSO Discovery music education programme, reaching over 30,000 people of all ages annually; and the creation of LSO St. Luke’s, the UBS and LSO Music Education Centre, which involved the restoration and reconstruction of St. Luke’s, a magnificent but previously derelict 18th-century church.

Dalbergia melanoxylon

Clarinets for Conservation is based in Moshi, Tanzania and aims to raise awareness and promote conservation of Mpingo through music education.

Darren Henley

In 2011, he undertook an independent review of the funding and delivery of music education in England for the Department for Education and the Department for Culture, Media and Sport of the UK government.

David J. Elliott

He was subsequently appointed assistant, associate, and full professor of music education at U of T. At several points during his career at Toronto he also served as a Visiting Professor at other university music schools, including the University of North Texas, Indiana University, the University of Limerick, Northwestern University, and Rutgers.

Dilemn

Coming from a classical-music education (piano and musicology studies), Dilemn got interested in electro music through different music styles such as hip hop, drum 'n' bass, techno, and breaks before stopping on electro at the age of 22.

Dulcie Holland

Best known for her contributions to music education through her energetic involvement with the Australian Music Examinations Board, Holland has in recent decades gained greater recognition as a composer.

Elsa Ludewig-Verdehr

Born in Charlottesville, Virginia, Elsa Ludewig-Verdehr received Bachelor of Music degrees in both clarinet performance and music education from the Oberlin Conservatory of Music, where she studied with George Waln.

Gareth McLearnon

McLearnon is a recipient of the 2003 Ian Fleming Charitable Trust Music Education Award, a Countess of Munster Musical Trust Award and was awarded full scholarships to attend Sir James Galways Masterclasses in Italy (2003) and Switzerland (2004) McLearnon has given recitals all over the U.K. and Europe for the Ireland Funds, Invest Northern Ireland, and the Concordia Foundation, and is currently a Making Music Recommended Artist for 2006.

Geri Allen

Allen received her early music education at the Cass Technical High School in Detroit and the Jazz Development Workshop, where her mentor was the trumpeter/teacher Marcus Belgrave.

Grieg Academy

It offers 4-year undergraduate programs in Performance, Composition and Pedagogy/Music Education, and also 2-year Masters programs in Performance, Composition and Ethnomusicology.

Helen Bonny

Helen Bonny studied with E. Thayer Gaston at the University of Kansas in the early 1960s, where she received her bachelor's degree in music education, with a major in music therapy.

International Drama and Theatre Education Association

This brought together IDEA with INSEA (International Society for Education Through Art) and ISME (International Society for Music Education).

Jürgen Budday

Jürgen Budday studied music education, church music and musicology at the Academy of Music in Stuttgart and, since 1979, has been teaching music at the Evangelical Seminary Maulbronn, a Protestant private boarding school in Maulbronn.

Kaj Backlund

He was a contemporary music education pioneer in Finland and a long-running senior music theory teacher in Helsinki Metropolia University of Applied Sciences.

Kathy Wemyss

She became active in academic circles, completing a post-graduate degree at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music which combined her interests in music education, indigenous music and brass instruments.

Mandy Harvey

A Vocal Music Education major at Colorado State University, Mandy lost her hearing in 2006-2007 at age eighteen and left.

Midori Gotō

In 2013 Midori was invited to the University of Oxford as Humanitas Visiting Professor in Classical Music and Music Education.

Musikkens Hus

Aalborg University has its music education and research, and their department Danish JazzCenter is also located, in Musikkens Hus.

OC Times

Shawn York – tenor; originally from Rescue, California and earned his bachelor's degree in Music Education from Vanguard University.

Olle Lind

His classical music education mixed with strong improvisational skills made the work Hugin and Munin on the album Blåsländor with Radiojazzgruppen in 1970 one of the highlights of Swedish jazz history.

Orchestra Iowa

Orchestra Iowa has partnered with nationally syndicated From the Top radio program, Iowa Public Television, and Iowa Public Radio to bring symphonic music and music education programs to more people.

Orquesta Sinfónica Simón Bolívar

Hosted by Alan Yentob, the film took a detailed look at the unique music education system of Venezuela, of which the orchestra is an integral part, and described a recent attempt to imitate its success in Raploch, a deprived district of the city of Stirling, Scotland.

Peter W. Dykema

Dykema was also active in the Music Teachers National Association and the National Education Association Department of Music Education.

Philipp Richardsen

His formal music education includes the University of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna (1993-2000), where he studied under Michael Krist, and the University of California, Santa Barbara (2004-2007), where his principal teacher was Canadian pianist and Microsoft MVP Paul Berkowitz.

Scott Starr

The Red Bird is a non-profit foundation supporting music education in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Shin-ik Hahm

He studied Music Education,College of Education at Konkuk University in Seoul,and left for the United States in 1983 with just US$400 in his pocket.

Sibelius Software

Sibelius Software is a London-based software business and a part of Avid Technology that develops and sells music notation and music education software.

Stephen T. McClard

McClard attended Southeast Missouri State University from 1986 to 1990 where he graduated with a Bachelor of Music Education.

The Mr. Holland's Opus Foundation

According to the Foundation's website, "MHOF donates musical instruments to music programs where students have access to a music curriculum but lack the resources and support base to adequately keep up with equipment loss due to attrition, depreciation and wear over time. An infusion of instruments and repairs enables more students to participate and experience a quality music education."

Tyrone Breuninger

His degrees include a Bachelor of Science in music education and an MM of music in performance.

Wayne Hooper

After 4 years he moved to Lincoln, Nebraska where he continued his music education, completing his bachelor's degree in 1947 at Union College.

Wesley Institute

Wesley Institute is a tertiary education provider in Sydney, Australia offering undergraduate and postgraduate degrees in counselling, creative arts (drama, dance, graphic design and music), education and theology.

Yale Seminar

The Yale Seminar took place at Yale University, June 17-28, 1963 to consider the problems facing music education and to propose possible solutions.