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Music Education Jobs in the USA

Dan — Wed, 15 May 2013 12:36:51 +0000

Music education rates high in most countries in the world and jobs are widely available for qualified music educators in the private industry as well as music school, universities, colleges and more. A typical assistant Professor of music education at a university’s qualification will be a preferred Doctorate in Music Education and preferably some school teaching experience, although it will differ from institution to institution.
A Middle School Music teacher in the USA will have minimum Bachelor’s degree and preferably also some experience. The average annual salary range for this position will be up to $55,000. A Music Therapist position is often designed for students with disabilities and the music is used as therapy for emotional, behavioural, psycho-social, sensory-motor, physiological and more problems children may have. A Music Therapist will therefore have a B.A. Music Therapy degree.
A music school classroom teacher such as a Vocal Music teacher will contribute to existing music instructors at a school and an expert as vocal music instructor. Music Education at music school level has e very broad variety of teaching jobs available to music professionals, such as Music/Instrumental Teachers, Elementary school music instructors, Band instructors and more.
A Tenure-Track teaching position at a university will require an applicant to have a Doctorate in music and typical responsibilities includes, maintaining of studio, directing of band, and creation of activities, student advising and more. A Choral Studies Director at a university requires Doctorate in Music and sometimes a Master’s will be accepted. A graduate will be teaching and conducting chamber singers, large choirs and cappella group as part of daily duties. A Director of Symphonic at a university needs a Master’s degree in Music and duties will include teaching of courses in conducting as well as conducting the particular university’s choir. Preference is usually given for graduates in an active performing career.

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Music school

The term music school refers to an educational institution specialized in the study, training and research of music. Different terms refer to this concept such as school of music, music academy, music faculty, college of music, music department (of a larger institution) or conservatory. Music instruction can be provided within the compulsory general education system, or within specialized children’s music schools such as the Purcell… more

Children’s Intellectual Development Improves with Music Education

Dan — Wed, 15 May 2013 09:43:22 +0000

Research has proved that children’s intellectual development improves significantly with music education. Non- music students received less academic awards and honours according to a study conducted by the National Education Longitudinal study in Washington D.C. A child’s abstract reasoning improves intelligence far better than computer training ever could accord neurological research.
Playing music and reading musical notes activate brain activity in the four cortex lobes as well as the cerebellum. It is not only excellent choice of parents to enroll a child in a music school for only the sake of art, but also enrich their lives and communities by developing highly intelligent and productive young people.
Music education provides a young adult with enthusiasm, creativity and an energy they need to be productive adults later in life. Some sorts of music education are often available to students inside a general education facility or specialized music schools. Music education is also available to elementary school children in after- school form or in the form of higher education.
This music education will involve music theory, music history, musicology, musicianship, conducting, musical composition, singing and performance of musical instruments. Music schools are available to children from ages 8 and older usually and typically admission to these schools requires a competitive audition. Usually in a typical music school less time will be spent on the academic side as students’ progress through the years and music development will increase instead.
A conservatory on the other hand may cover more subjects than the typical music school, which may concentrate on instrumentalists mainly and the other often cover dance, drama, music and performing arts. Adults should invest in children’s futures by getting them an audition at a music school if they show interest in the music industry or encourage them to perform a musical instrument if they show an inclination as young musicians are bred from an early age.

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Different types of music schools

Dan — Mon, 13 May 2013 10:23:19 +0000

Preparatory School
Many countries have music schools and typically there are four different types and offers different types of education. A preparatory school offers training in different artistic endeavours such as dance, music performance or arts to elementary and high-school children. Students who excel may continue at post-secondary level as well as other professional education programs. Some music education are available to students who does not have a music school close to them, in the form of boarding preparatory schools and they educate in pre-professional training programs at college level. Three of these boarding schools in the United States are:
• Walnut Hill School
• Interlochen Centre for the Arts
• Idyllwild Arts Academy
Independent Conservatories
A very popular music school is a conservatory as they specialize in nothing other than put all their focus on music. Students aiming at a purely musical performance career and wish to exclude most academic requirements of other music schools and want a music education mainly prefer these conservatories as the academic requirements are usually supplemental. Some contemporary music conservatories include:
• McNally Smith College of Music in Minnesota
• New England Conservatory in Boston, MA
• The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music in New York
• Los Angeles Music Academy College of Music in Los Angeles, CA
• Berklee College of Music in Boston Massachusetts
As part of a larger university
They are close to independent conservatories and some music schools incorporate into a large university and some of these are:
• Shenandoah University Conservatory in Winchester, Virginia
• University of Northh Texas College of Music in Denton
• The College-Conservatory of Music in Cincinnati, OH
• Jacobs School of Music AT Indiana university in Bloomington, IN
• University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre & Dance in Ann Arbor, MI
• Thornton School of Music of the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, CA
Conservatory as part of a larger university
This type of music school resembles both an independent conservatory and a university music school and although it is attached to a specific university they may also function separately. Music conservatories often choose to be affiliated to the university as they can then offer a broader field of education to students as well as the main university students can receive conservatory music education. Some of these affiliated conservatories are:
• Peabody Institute – Johns Hopkins University affiliate
• Blair School of music – Vanderbilt University affiliate
• Mannes College – New School affiliate
• Bienen School of Music – North-western University affiliate

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Lopez — Wed, 09 May 2012 05:32:02 +0000

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Music Books

Lopez — Wed, 09 May 2012 05:27:53 +0000

Making Popular Music: Musicians, Creativity and Institutions by Jason Toynbee (Apr 28, 2000)

Heavy Metal Music in Britain (Ashgate Popular and Folk Music Series) by Gerd Bayer (Feb 28, 2009)

Listen Again: A Momentary History of Pop Music (Experience Music Project) by Daphne Carr (Nov 1, 2007)

Understanding Records: A Field Guide To Recording Practice by Jay Hodgson (Aug 19, 2010)

Popular Music Culture: The Key Concepts (Routledge Key Guides) by Roy Shuker (Jan 11, 2012)

Constructing Authorship in Popular Music: Artists, Media and Stardom by Laura Ahonen (Oct 23, 2008)

The Cultural Study of Music: A Critical Introduction by Martin Clayton, Trevor Herbert and Richard Middleton (Nov 11, 2011)

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List of university and college schools of music

Lopez — Wed, 09 May 2012 05:22:36 +0000

Albania

Academy of Arts in Tirana

Argentina

Conservatorio Nacional Superior de Música
Universidad Católica Argentina

Armenia

Yerevan Komitas State Conservatory
Armenian State Pedagogical University

Austria

Anton Bruckner Private University for Music, Drama, and Dance
Universität für Musik und Darstellende Kunst “Mozarteum” Salzburg (University Mozarteum Salzburg)
Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst Wien
Konservatorium Wien

Australia

Australian Institute of Music
Australian String Academy
Australian Youth Orchestra
Box Hill Institute of TAFE
Australian National University School of Music
Elder Conservatorium
Melba Memorial Conservatorium of Music
University of Melbourne
Australian National Academy of Music
Victorian College of the Arts School of Music
Monash University School of Music
Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University
University of Queensland School of Music
Sydney Conservatorium of Music
University of Newcastle Conservatorium
University of Tasmania Conservatorium
University of Western Australia School of Music
Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts

Belgium

Conservatoire Royal de Bruxelles
Muda Institute
Lemmensinstituut
Conservatoire Royal de Liège

Courtesy: Wikipedia

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Music school

Lopez — Wed, 09 May 2012 05:17:53 +0000

Music instruction can be provided within the compulsory general education system, or within specialized children’s music schools such as the Purcell School. Elementary school children can access music instruction also in after-school institutions such as music academies or music schools. In Venezuela El Sistema of youth orchestras provides free after-school instrumental instruction through music schools called núcleos. The term “music school” can be also applied to institutions of higher education under names such as school of music, such as the Jacobs School of Music of Indiana University, music academy, like the Sibelius Academy, music faculty as the Don Wright Faculty of Music of the University of Western Ontario, college of music, characterized by the Royal College of Music and the Berklee College of Music, music department, like the Department of Music at the University of California, Berkeley or the term conservatory, exemplified by the Conservatoire de Paris and the term higher school of music or university of music such as the Cologne University of Music known as Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln in German. Instruction includes training in the performance of musical instruments, singing, musical composition, conducting, musicianship, as well as academic and research fields such as musicology, music history and music theory.

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Music education in the United States

Lopez — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 04:22:47 +0000

Music education in the United States can be traced through historical documentation to the colonial era. Among the Native Americans prior to European and African settlement, music education was entirely oral.

History

The earliest systematic music education in the country was centered on the training of singers for Protestant church services, to lead the congregation in psalm-singing. In the 18th century, the first singing schools in the country were founded, and a number of legendary traveling singing masters traveled New England, teaching in barns, schoolhouses and other informal locations; these masters included Francis Hopkinson and William Billings. By the end of the century, more formal singing schools in cities like Savannah, Philadelphia and Boston become social singing societies.

Public education in the United States first offered music as part of the curriculum in Boston in the 1830s, and it spread through the help of singing teacher Lowell Mason, after he successfully advocated it to the Boston School Committee in 1838. The committee ultimately decided to include music as a curricular subject because it was of a moral, physical, and intellectual nature. Music was considered moral because it played such a part in religion, as well as the fact that had been documented to produce “happiness, contentment, cheerfulness, and tranquility.” It was of a physical nature because singing was exercise for the lungs.The committee justified music’s intellectual nature by stating that it had been studied as a part of the quadrivium in the Middle Ages, and that it “contributes to memory, comparison, attention, and intellectual faculties.”

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In the present era, the real fact is that funding for music education has been reduced largely. Music teachers struggle and so the society is losing music teachers at a high rate. As the general education system is changing and everything is requires a tested method. It is very difficult to measure musical success by pencil and paper and it is only through the development of musicianship. There are some music schools which are extremely conservative and this should be changed. It should be open to multicultural music. There is still room for “traditional” music education and music educators should embrace the craft as a way to teach creativity, problem-solving and cultural harmony.

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For more information about music education around the world visit International Society for Music Education and the Music Education Council.

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Listen Again: A Momentary History of Pop Music (Experience Music Project) by Daphne Carr (Nov 1, 2007)

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