Personaggi: Barracco Obama, Il Messia, Redentore del Mondo – Tenore Miracoloso Santa Micaela della Revoluzione, sua sposa – Soprano Amaro Giovanni Maccheno, Senatore, Avversario dello Obama – Basso Buffo Sara Palino, Governatrice del Alaska e Reginetta di Bellezza – Coloratura Buffa Guglielmo Priapo, Ex-Presidente – Tenore Mentitore Hillaria, sua Sposa, altra Avversaria dello Obama – [...]
Archive for September 5th, 2009
L’Obama, ossia L’Avvento del Messia
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The Implications of How We Learn
Posted in Music Education on September 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
by Dr. Michael Pratt The human brain is an extremely complex organism. It is complicated in its makeup and development, and exactly how it works or how a person learns and uses his brain is not understood. For example, we know that we have both short-term memory and long-term memory. Short-term memory acts like a [...]
The Literature Focus of a High School Band Class
Posted in Band, Music Education on September 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
by Dr. Michael Pratt In the preface to An Introduction to America’s Music, Richard Crawford makes a distinction between classical, popular and folk music, which is tied to the use of musical notation. He says, “The classical sphere is ruled by composers, who tell performers in a musical score precisely what was intended; the popular sphere [...]
The High School Band’s Endless Cycle Going Nowhere
Posted in Band, Music Education on September 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
by Dr. Michael Pratt The normal public high school bands in this country have a typical yearly cycle which is adhered to rather closely by most schools. It usually begins with a pre-school marching band camp, either on the school’s premises or at an actual camp somewhere. This camp is usually one week in duration [...]
Effect of Natural Gender Differences on Instrument Selection for Band and Its Relationship to Dropout Rate
Posted in Band, Music Education on September 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
by Dr. Michael Pratt Introduction Since numerous studies have documented gender bias of instruments in instrument selection for band students, the question arises is this a genuine bias or simply coincidental in conforming to the natural differences between the genders? Also, is this gender bias reflected in the dropout rate of band students? Merriam-Webster defines bias [...]
