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Tyler Thompson, 15, is a standout student in the Oakland-based Purple Silk Music Education program, which teaches children and youth - mostly from low-income immigrant families — how to sing and play traditional Chinese music.  More info here: http://malaysiafinance.blogspot.com/2011/07/how-cool-is-this.html

Are music schools serving the needs of its students?

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  I really do plan on getting back to the Aging of Orchestra Audiences issue–really, I do!  But I’d been having a stimulating and thought-provoking dialogue with some folks over […]

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Aesthetics, Arts Education, children, Cross-Cultural criticism, Diversity, Economics, Education, Music, pedagogy, Research, Teaching, World Music

To teach, or not to teach: that is the question

August 20, 2011by Jon Silpayamanant Leave a comment

So this past week was the first week of school and I’ve been coaching two periods of cellos since Tuesday. Earlier this week I read a piece in the Chronicle […]

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Arts Education, Education, Teaching

Wednesday Teaching Reflections

February 16, 2011by Jon Silpayamanant Leave a comment

As I mentioned in my previous post I spend most of the afternoon and early evening giving private cello lessons.  Wednesdays are much the same though I do start and […]

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Music, pedagogy, Workshops, Teaching

Monday Cello Coaching Reflections

February 14, 2011by Jon Silpayamanant 10 Comments

Mondays are usually a cello coaching day for me–at least during the k-12 school year.  Nearly every afternoon I coach the cello section of the Floyd Central High School 7th […]

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pedagogy, Teaching

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