Teaching Music Today
4 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 4 years ago - ★★★ - 2 ratingsWelcome to the Teaching Music Today Podcast. This podcast was created by music educator Adam Calus. The podcast challenges music education practices and reflects on many different controversial issues of the field today. It means to serve to start an important dialogue that needs to be had about the current state of music education in Western Culture. Currently, there is a disconnect between how music is being taught in schools at all levels (K-12 and College/University programs) and how music currently exists in today's society. In order for current music students to be prepared for the music industry today, we need to put a firm halt to the use of practices from yesterday. In addition to challenging what exists, this podcast will also serve to create templates for change, innovation, and strategies that teachers at any point in their career can use to reflect on and add to their practice.
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Episodes
Teaching Music Today S2, Episode 1. "What I Have Learned from My Students So Far." ft. Adam Calus
November 11, 2019 02:00 - 9 minutes - 6.86 MBThis is a part of an ongoing blog that I have and will be an outlet for me to reflect on what my students have taught me in my career of being a music teacher. Reflection is one of the most powerful forms of professional development we as music educators can engage with. Taking the time to think about how an interaction with a student, class, week, school year, etc. have been going and what you can do to maybe change things to make it better for your students is an important part of personal...
Teaching Music Today Episode 3: The Current State of Music Education pt. 3 ft. CHS Students
August 22, 2019 20:00 - 46 minutes - 31.6 MBIn this episode of teaching music today, the topic of discussion is still the current state of Music Education. The first two episodes we heard from teachers about what music education is like today and now we are hearing the perspective of the student. For teachers watching this, talking to your students about their learning experience is one of the most valuable pieces of advice I could offer. Take the time to discuss with your students about what it is like for them in your class, what it...
Teaching Music Today Episode 2: The Current State of Music Education pt. 2 ft. Duane Leatherberry Jr., Ralsh Mendoza, and Emmanuel Ademodi
May 04, 2019 18:00 - 50 minutes - 23.2 MBIn this episode, we continue our conversation on the current state of music education in Western Culture. Featured in this episode we have Duane Leatherberry Jr., teacher at Charlestown High School, who discusses his background as an educator, music student, music business person, and music consumer. Highlights from the show include: -How music is situated in today's society compared to how it is being taught. -How connecting with your students is one of the most important parts of being ...
Teaching Music Today Episode 1: The Current State of Music Education ft. Adam Calus
April 22, 2019 01:00 - 53 minutes - 24.5 MBIn this first episode, Adam Calus goes on to talk about a number of current disconnects that exist between music education and the way music exists in society today. One of those main disconnects is the current working musician in today's society. Current music education practices are based off of old structures implemented in school music programs to prepare school-age children for conservatory training and traditional music performance. This was because when these structures were created, ...