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As Teaching Artists Energize, Opportunities Abound

As Teaching Artists Energize, Opportunities Abound
by Janet Eilber

August 2008

As Teaching Artists gain importance in school systems, their roles are becoming better defined and professionalization is taking root.

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Arts Ed on the Web

August 2008

Now available online: our bimonthly feature in which we highlight Web sites devoted to arts education.

Jazz Festival Promotes Music Education

by Mary Benton

KPRC Houston | July 31, 2008

The Houston International Jazz Festival gives young musicians and music lovers the chance to learn an instrument.

Milo's Musical Education

by Justin Davidson

New York Magazine | July 31, 2008

One father asks, "If we want to be part of our children’s aesthetic world, then why do we equivocate about bringing them into ours?" The answer may lie in our insecurites about our own cultural education.

Community Unity Music Program Swells In Size, Teaches Kids To Play

by Danielle Winterton

Ithaca Times | July 30, 2008

An upstate New York music education festival brings together local children and university educators.