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New Article in General Music Today

Before I forget, my article titled, “Soundwalks, Community, and the Secondary General Classroom,” is now available in the October 2012 issue of General Music Today*. You can access it through your NAfME membership or, if you’re at a college, you can probably get it through your library. Enjoy!

(*Yes, I’m aware it is not October yet.)

Here’s the abstract:

This column presents an outline for the secondary general classroom. The project, called a “soundwalk,” requires students to use music, sounds, and technology to create immersive, cinematic audio tours of their school and community. The author argues that the soundwalk is a perfect opportunity for students within secondary general music courses to be creative in new ways and to share their work with peers, parents, and other community members. The process for creating a soundwalk is outlined and a resources section includes links to examples and further reading.

Educating the New Musician (With bonus Soundwalk article!)

I am VERY pleased to announce that the new issue of Leading Notes is out now! 

Seriously, the collection of articles - focusing on encouraging creativity and musical independence within the classroom - is amazing. That has nothing to do with me, obviously! The teachers who contributed their ideas are doing incredible things in their classrooms and they’ve been kind enough to share their lessons with you. What possible reason do you have NOT to go check it out?

SOUNDWALKS - A new unit idea from moi!

For those who have been waiting (there’s at least a few of you) for a blog post on my “soundwalk” project, then you’re in luck! There is more information than you could possibly imagine over on Leading Notes - an introduction to the soundwalk, philosophical rationale, a video with several examples, and a lengthy “how-to” PDF that you can download once you’re ready to give it a try! Click HERE to get all of the info! (I’ll include the video examples at the bottom of this post.)

A couple of articles from the latest issue (with great visuals and sound):

Anyway, if you’ve read this far, then go check the issue out! Also, if you’re doing something awesome, then contact me and let me know! I REALLY enjoy the process of working with our authors to create content that is exciting and educational for the field. Contact me: nick (at) leadingnotes.org.

What are you waiting for?! Go over to Leading Notes now!

(As promised, here’s the Soundwalk video with several examples. You’ll have to go HERE to see how it’s done!)