December brings a variety of activities, but also time away from school and the chance to recharge one’s batteries for the new year. Leaf through the December issue of Music Educators Journal and find some illuminating reading.
Features Include:
- Lift the Hood and Get Dirty! A Closer Look at Informances
- Capturing Student Progress via Portfolios in the Music Classroom
- Growing a New Generation of Music Teachers
- Saving the Spiritual for Your Students
- Sexual Orientation and Music Education: Continuing a Tradition
- Engaging Community Resources for Experiencing Brazilian Music
In the MENC Today section, catch up with news about MENC and music educators. Read about:
- MENC Executive Director John J. Mahlmann leaving MENC after nearly 27 years
- Preparations for the January 9, 2010 performance of the U.S. Army All-American Marching Band In San Antonio, Texas
- Registration information for the Music Educators National Conference, March 25-27 in Anaheim, California
- Academy topics for Music Education Week in Washington, June 24-29
- MENC’s electronic elections, for which polls open on January 1, 2010
- A variety of upcoming MENC contest deadllines.
MENC members can read Music Educators Journal and other MENC journals online.
—Roz Fehr, December 10, 2009. © MENC: The National Association for Music Education