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Bobby McFerrin Get's his Orff ON

Check out his amazing video. Shows the unity between movement and music quite well methinks! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ne6tB2KiZuk Continue

Added by David Cameron on August 28, 2009 at 1:41am — No Comments

We Are Greek Gods!

‘The modern music teacher . . . is cast into an environment that demands the intellectual intensity and physical stamina of the Greek Gods’ (Turpin, 1986) Turpin, D. (1986). Kodaly, Dalcroze, Orff and Suzuki: Application in the Secondary Schools . Music Educator's Journal 72 (6), pp.56-59. Continue

Added by David Cameron on August 24, 2009 at 7:23am — No Comments

BT Dance Project visits UNIS Hanoi -- Fantastic!

Just this last week, Esther Baker-Tarpaga and her husband, Olivier Tarpaga (along with their gorgeous little girl, Windiga), the two founders of BT Dance Project, visited UNIS, Hanoi for a week filled with rhythm and dance from West Africa. Olivier is fabulous djembe player and dancer from Burkina Faso and Esther is a dancer and choreographer from the US who did her master's work in Sengalese hip hop. The two worked with students of all ages and performed at two assemblies on Friday with our mid… Continue

Added by David Cameron on May 24, 2009 at 8:18pm — No Comments

EARCOS 2009, Use of This Site, Leaving South East Asia.

Hello all -- A couple of quick comments on the EARCOS teacher's conference, use of the this site, and my departure from Asia. EARCOS -- although I didn't attend the conference this year (officially) I did catch the last day as I was visiting a friend in Borneo. The location was spectacular, and the couple of environmentally related workshops I attended were quite inspirational. There was not much in the way of music, although I do believe one of our members presented on the importance of being… Continue

Added by David Cameron on March 29, 2009 at 2:19pm — No Comments

any music jobs out there?

Some of you may remember me from EARCOS last year, when I taught at Shanghai American School. I am now in Bolivia, at American Cooperative School, La Paz. Bolivia is beautiful and he job is great BUT with so much political turmoil this year the school has lost lots of students and I need to find a job for next year! I've taught Band, Choir, Orchestra, IB Music, World Music Drumming, General Music. If anybody knows of any music openings please email me at rgreenblatt@acslp.org Thanks Continue

Added by Ralph Greenblatt on October 8, 2008 at 12:43am — 3 Comments

"Once" -- the movie. A must see!

If you haven't seen this movie, then go out and watch it as soon as possible. Any one who writes songs, sings, records and/or loves will connect with this film. One of the most beatiful love stories I have ever seen. Check it out. Continue

Added by David Cameron on October 6, 2008 at 9:04am — 1 Comment

Read Doug Goodkin's ABC's of Education!

Calling all empassioned educators: Don't miss the opportunity to read Doug Goodkin's The ABC's of Education: A Primer for Schools to Come. The book is an alphabetic journey through 26 essential elements of any education designed to meet the genuine needs of children such as Art and Beauty, Stories, Truth, Understanding, Vulnerability, and Yes, to list a few. Doug gives numerous examples from his own teaching and offers a wonderfully human and welcoming means to look at the work we… Continue

Added by Sherri Spelic on September 29, 2008 at 8:15pm — No Comments

The Visitors! (DVD Coming)

This movie will be out on DVD October....a must for all of us. Go to amazon.com and see the trailer. That alone may make you weep....... Continue

Added by Marcia Barham on September 21, 2008 at 12:02pm — No Comments

Thai Musicians coming to Doug and Kofi's Workshop

Two interesting and talented local musicians from Bangkok are joining us for the Kofi/Doug weekend. They are Poomjai Ruenroeng known as Bot and Cheeranan Ruenroeng known at Tag. Bot is a musician and maker of the Thai renad instrument. His websites are http://www.freewebs.com/ruenroeng/ and http://thaimusic.exteen.com. You can see his work at http://www.freewebs.com/ruenroeng/xylophone.htm Tag is his wife and she is a visual artist. They will be great additions! Continue

Added by Marcia Barham on August 23, 2008 at 11:45am — No Comments

UNIS Step Team's Trip to NIST a success!

Today I took the United Nations International School step team, ‘Dragonfly,’ to the New International School in Bangkok Thailand (NIST). While we were there we performed for over 1,000 students and gave student led workshops to grades 7 through 10. It was a smashing success! The UNIS students gave stellar performances, and the NIST students were a great audience -- and great workshop participants! Stepping is a bit like South African gumboot dancing and came of age in American university sorori… Continue

Added by David Cameron on May 25, 2008 at 9:36pm — No Comments

New Members!

Great to have so many join so quickly! Looking forward to hearing from all of you and sharing some ideas. If you haven't posted a photo or bio yet -- get it up so we know who you are. Good luck during the end of the year! Continue

Added by David Cameron on April 7, 2008 at 6:22pm — No Comments

EARCOS Teacher's Conference 2008

Although this year's conference did not include nearly as many music and movement workshops as last year's get together in Bangkok. The five days were still well worth it. The opportunity to meet music teachers from across the region is always welcome and it was nice to see a few familiar faces from last year. It became apparent from our job alike meeting that: 1. Almost no one had heard of the survey sent our by EARCOS regarding the possibility of starting some sort of adjudicated music festiv… Continue

Added by David Cameron on April 6, 2008 at 7:56pm — No Comments