Merrie Monarch Festival

Watch video of the top hula Hälau in the world in the annual Merrie Monarch Festival competition in Hilo, Hawai‘i. Captured throughout the years is the music and dance of ancient and modern Hawaiian music.

Honolulu Jazz

Catch the local Jazz scene in Honolulu. Listed are radio stations as well as Jazz gigs in Honolulu.

Dr. Joseph Pisano's website

This is a website called MusTech.Net put out by Dr. Joseph Pisano that has some wonderful links. It has links to general education, music advocacy, music education, music technology, software-hardware and more.

Amazing girl inspires by playing piano with no fingers on one hand!

This is an amazing video of a girl playing piano with no fingers on one hand. What she is able to overcome and do is inspiring! The footage may force you to examine the excuses you make not to tackle those major challenges in your own life.

Flip Videos

The Flip Video recorders are becoming more affordable and they are easy to use. Here is a list of some of them, especially since we are starting to put in purchase requests for next year.

New IWB called Mobi View

Mobi View has a large LCD touch screen that provides the ability to control your lessons from anywhere in the classroom, so there is no need to go back to your computer during a lesson.

Assessment in Music Education

This is an MENC article on assessment in music education. It talks about concerns, the music educator's role, and guidelines.

Barbershop chorus scores 100!

In Anaheim, July 4th, 2009, a performance by the Ambassadors of Harmony from St. Charles (Metropolitan, St. Louis) Missouri scored a 100 out of a 100. No chorus had ever scored 100 in the history of Barbershop since 1938.

Awesome kindergarten guitar players!

These kindergarten guitar players are awesome! This will bring a smile to your face.

Obama Reduces Arts Funding

This is an interesting commentary on President Obama cutting arts funding at a time when the nation’s arts community is suffering from the worst economic slump since the Great Depression. This is evident in all cultural life in the U.S., from slow or non-existent sales at small art galleries to the strangulation of major symphony orchestras because of plummeting ticket sales and diminishing endowments. The Honolulu Symphony recently declared bankruptcy and closed, and it appears the same fate awaits the Philadelphia Symphony.

Music Education Quotes

I think it is great to see these Music Education Quotes. They are inspiring quotes to use in newsletters or on websites.

Noteflight's A Bicycle Built for Two

Here is A Bicycle Built for Two

I think that this could be quite a useful tool for music education. It is easy enough for elementary students to use. I can see students learning to do a similar assignment and thus learning how to notate music using technology. The more advanced students could also learn to notate simple compositions that they have created. In my classes, as part of their final exam they are required to play a lead sheet. Perhaps they could learn to also notate the lead sheet through this notation program. It's exciting to think of all the different possibilities!