Nick Ambrosino
88+ Ways Music Can Change Your Life, published by Keep Music Alive, is a compilation of over 150 inspirational stories & quotes from musicians, music educators and music lovers from all over the world. Included are a number of stories from Grammy winning and Platinum selling artists & composers. The authors have given Music In A Word permission to ...
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Month: October 2015
Music In Your Car
Carol Swanson
Hey you! Do you sing? I sing in my car; I have many diverse albums on my iphone, and the Bluetooth in my car makes it all so easy! I like Broadway tunes, jazz, and songs by various artists. The music selection depends on my mood. Nobody can hear me, and that’s probably a good thing! I don’t think the world is ready for me singing “Matchmaker”.
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Iowa band Foot-Notes celebrates 25th anniversary with World’s Largest Schottische
1,881 dancers partake in folk dance; Guinness World Record sought
Sara Stromseth-Troy
DECORAH, IOWA – What should an Iowa band specializing in Scandinavian and Scandinavian-American old-time dance music do to celebrate its 25th anniversary?
How about attempting to set a Guinness World Record?
Foot-Notes is a band based in Decorah, Iowa, a town in the northeast corner ...
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(Music) Lessons Learned
Jean D. Lachowicz
Nope, I didn’t wake up one fine morning with a deep and heartfelt understanding of the moral imperative of music education. For me, the case has been made slowly and concretely, through a lifetime of lessons and observations.
Here is my personal journey leading to the very logical conclusion that music is SO GOOD for kids, it is immoral for society to ever...
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