TIME MAGAZINE COVERS MUSIC IMPACT ON ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE
Time Magazine featured a story titled "Music and the Mind" in the `Your Time' section of its November 14, 2005 issue. The story focuses on music therapy and the use of music and song for persons with Alzheimer's disease. Time Magazine writer, Christine Gorman, noted that even though a cure has not been found, a […]
Jon Corzine from Band President to Governor of New Jersey
A couple of different thought strands come together for me with yesterday’s election of Jon Corzine to be Governor of New Jersey. First, Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee has been outspoken in his comments that “ a seat in the state house is worth 100 people on the steps.” The idea here is that we need […]
Battle of the Bands – Jersey Style
OK… who would have thought that the descision to vote for one candidate or another in the NJ Governor's race (still going on as I type this) would come down to "who's your favorite rock band?" But, for on enterprising voter.. this was the question as posted on politicsnj "I'm voting around 5:30 p.m. Here […]
Corzine VS Forrester: The Arts
OK. I am going to be a HOMER again. From our Friends at ArtPRIDE New Jersey we have the combined responses to an arts questionnaire posed to our two candidates; Jon Corzine and Doug Forrester. Enjoy! 1. Do you support state funding for the arts administered by the NJ State Council on the Arts through […]
Fidelity/McCartney Music Lives – Intentions = Good!
I had a very nice conversation with an executive in the communications office at Fidelity. She was very helpful in both listening to my concerns (one hit wonder?) and then answering some of my skeptical questions. The main points I learned are: Are the partners in it for the long haul? I will admit this […]
Arts Education and the NJ Governor’s Race
In case you may have missed it… here in New Jersey we will be electing a new governor in 2 weeks. Being a "homer" this is really important. It is hard to give advice to other states and communities if you do not use it yourself. Much of what we do around the country is […]
Paul McCartney/Fidelity Partner for Music Education – Another One Hit Wonder?
This week Paul McCartney and Fidelity Investments announced their partnership to support music education called Music Lives: When 54 million children went back to school across America this fall, it is likely that 27 million of them found they would not receive adequate music instruction in their classrooms(1). Even though experts have shown that music […]
Music and Arts Education Enters Prop 74 debate in California
Who would have thought music education would enter the battle over prop 74 in California. Well it has. This is the Mercury News (San Jose) analysis of the ad: _ Title: "Stop Playing." _ Length: 30 seconds. _ Airing: Began Tuesday in major markets. Dominant image: Stephanie Floyd-Smith, seventh-grade teacher, sitting in a classroom, speaking […]
Dr. Huckabee’s prescription for improving access to music and arts education in our schools
At the Arts Education Partnership Meeting in Charleston, SC this weekend attendees (including myself!) were treated to an extraordinary panel discussion. The moderator was Milt Goldberg who is known for his landmark report “A Nation at Risk.” The panelists, former South Carolina Governor and U.S. Secretary of Education Richard Riley and Arkansas Governor and Chair […]
Step By Step: LA Arts Ed Plan is Making a Difference
LA County's Arts for All plan seems to be gaining steam and is having a real impact on the restoration of music and arts education. The plan calls for 5% of school funding to be allocated to arts education. The LA Times reports today that it is working. This is certainly a model worth looking […]
