Tag: education

• Ep. 120: The inclusive, sustainable music classroom; with United Sound’s Julie Duty

  

  As a middle school band teacher, Julie Duty had a passion for creating an inclusive classroom where students of all abilities and disabilities learned together. She also experienced firsthand the lack of training, support, and resources available to teachers wanting to make this happen. She created a solution, United Sound, which utilizes peer mentors to…

  EducationCommunity, Podcast: Enhance Life with Music

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• Ep. 115: Crossover episode with Arts for the Health of It

  

  At Enhance Life with Music AND at Arts for the Health of It, we are passionate about the power of music & arts to enhance healing & wellbeing. Today we join forces on this crossover episode, weaving our two worlds together to create something for our listeners that is greater than the sum of the…

  Podcast: Enhance Life with Music, ScienceHealth

  arts, artsforall, burnout, care, education, equilibrium, healing, health, healthcare, Holistic, mentalhealth, music, research, stress, support, wellness

• Ep. 113: What is the best age to begin piano lessons?

  

  The question I’ve been asked the most in 30 years of teaching piano lessons is, “When is the best age to begin lessons?” In answering this question today, we’ll discuss the five Signs of Readiness to gauge in young children, as well as some guidelines for older beginners.

  EducationCommunity, Podcast: Enhance Life with Music

  education, instrument, languageofmusic, Learning, lessons, lifelonglearning, music, musiclessons, Piano, training

• Ep. 111: Behind the scenes of my favorite piano learning app, Piano Maestro; With JoyTunes’ Becki Laurent

  

  Piano Maestro by JoyTunes is the one subscription I DO encourage my students’ parents to use because it is so effective, motivating, and fun! JoyTunes Music Education Specialist Becki Laurent explains her favorite features, how the app came to be, and tips for teachers and students alike.

  EducationCommunity, Podcast: Enhance Life with Music

  app, education, educational, fun, Learning, music, musiceducation, notereading, Piano, pianomaestro, playing, playingpiano, practice, rhythm, tech, technology

• Ep. 108: How is music boosting skills and learning in students in special education? With Natalie Hawkins, MT-BC

  

  Music therapy and technology collide to increase therapeutic results, increase student engagement, and streamline data reporting in the special education setting! An innovative, completely accessible program incorporates music with motion capture software to address IEP (Individualized Education Program) objectives, including academic, social-emotional, and physical skills.

  EducationCommunity, Podcast: Enhance Life with Music

  academic, autism, Communication, data, disabilities, downssyndrome, education, IEP, Learning, motioncapture, music, musictherapy, SEL, skills, socialemotional, specialeducation, students, teachers, teaching, technology, therapy

• Ep. 95: How is music used in Bible translation? With SIL and Wycliffe Bible Translators’ Trevor Schuh

  

  SIL is a global, faith-based nonprofit that works with local communities around the world to develop language solutions that expand possibilities for a better life. Art is a form of communication, and SIL & Wycliffe Bible Translators recognize the value of communicating in the ways most familiar to individual communities. They want people to comprehend…

  EducationCommunity, Podcast: Enhance Life with Music

  arts, Bible, Canela, Christian, Communication, Culture, education, ethnomusicology, faithbased, global, indigenous, language, music, ngo, nonprofit, translation, worldmusic