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Boost Rehearsal Attendance for Community & School Performing Ensembles

Posted by Barbara Freedman on July 2, 2010 at 3:33 pm

I was asked via a Twitter post (https://twitter.com/MusicEdTech) to provide some tips on how to boost attendance at community band rehearsals. I suppose these tips would hold true for any community-performing group that relies on volunteers for its organization and even applies to school organizations. If you really think about it, school music ensembles are [...]

Attaching Teacher Pay/Tenure to Test Scores or The Next Survivor

Posted by Barbara Freedman on December 24, 2009 at 4:21 pm

I was cleaning out my hard drive and came across an oldie but goody and thought about the recent conversations and federal government initiatives that support attaching teacher pay or tenure to student test scores. I say to anyone who thinks that this is a good idea, don

Student Music New CD Avaiable on iTunes

Posted by Barbara Freedman on November 21, 2009 at 2:55 pm

FINALLY! The 2008-2009 GHS Student Music CD is available on iTunes. Just go to the iTunes Store search box and type “Greenwich High School”. The CD includes Emily’s piece “Gothic Memory Land” that was the First Place winner in the NSBA/MENC Electronic Music Competition. Enjoy!

Interview in MENC Magazine

Posted by Barbara Freedman on October 18, 2009 at 4:58 pm

Many thanks to Chad Criswell of MusicEdMagic.com for interviewing me for his article in the October 2009 issue of Teaching Music, an MENC magazine for music educators.

New Widget to Listen to Student Music

Posted by Barbara Freedman on July 31, 2009 at 6:12 pm

It seems obvious but… take a look at the left side bar.

TI:ME Essay: Notation Software

Posted by Barbara Freedman on March 22, 2009 at 7:39 pm

This is another essays as part of TI:ME Level 1 Certification and answers specific questions posed for certification. This essay goes a little further as it address the concept of music literacy. Before purists vote to lynch me, let me say that I think teaching students to read traditional music notation is important. However, I don’t think it’s of primary importance and I hope it becomes clearer in this article.

Student Music Now On iTunes, Napster, Rhapsody & more

Posted by Barbara Freedman on August 29, 2008 at 6:05 pm

Greenwich High School Electronic Music Students pieces are now available through several music aggregators: To purchase music through iTunes, follow these 3 easy steps: 1 – Go to the iTunes Store 2 – Type Greenwich High School into the iTunes Store search engine 3 – Purchase music. Each tune is $.99 or the entire CD [...]

iPhone & Music Apps

Posted by Barbara Freedman on August 7, 2008 at 11:42 pm

You no longer need to hack or

iPhone 2.0 and Moo Cow's Band Software

Posted by Barbara Freedman on June 18, 2008 at 12:34 am

The new 3G iPhone with music software by Mark Terry from Moo Cow Music changes everything.

Podcamp NYC 2.0

Posted by Barbara Freedman on April 22, 2008 at 7:41 pm

The second PodCamp NYC will be this Friday & Saturday April 25 & 26 in Brooklyn, NY (no, you don’t need a passport to get there). This year’s PodCamp will focus on education and I’ll be speaking at 2pm on Saturday. My session is called Cashing in on Digital Distribution for Public Schools or “The [...]