Urbandale June 2015 Musician of the Month: Abby Deeds
Abby is in 5th grade at Western Hills Elementary. She has studied piano with Paige Silberhorn for three years. Abby also plays the flute! Her teacher, Paige, says “Abby is a joy to work with! She is very talented and works hard eery week. She even memorizes a lot of...
Telling the Story: Proactive is Better than Reactive
With the reduction of funding for educational programs on many levels, and with the unprecedented pressures put on schools, districts and states by the No Child Left Behind Act, responsibility for retaining arts programs rests with every arts educator, every parent...
Telling the Story: What Research Shows
Learning in the Arts and Student Academic and Social Development finds that the arts provide critical links for students to develop crucial thinking skills and motivations they need to achieve at higher levels. From reading and language development to fundamental...
Coralville May 2015 Musician of the Month: Erin Paterson
Erin is a 12th grader at Iowa City High School and has been taking voice lessons with Alice Feldman for four years. Alice says "Erin is a very enthusiastic learner and shows confidence. She has more knowledge of Broadway musicals than anyone I've ever met! I look...
Cedar Falls May 2015 Musician of the Month: Megan Hermanson
Megan is a senior at Cedar Falls High School and a piano student with Louann Flaherty in our Cedar Falls Conservatory. She has been studying with Louann for almost three years now. Louann says "I nominated Megan because she just loves music! She is a careful, detailed...
Cedar Falls May 2015 Musician of the Month: Bonnie Sun
Bonnie is currently in eighth grade at Bunger Middle School. She has been taking piano lessons with Virginia Lee for the past four years. Bonnie is a motivated student and an enthusiastic learner. She has made a lot of progress over the years. When Virginia assigns...
Quad Cities May 2015 Musician on the Month: Adrian Connolly
Adrian is a guitar student of Tony Carducci in West Music Quad Cities. According to Tony: "Adrian is exceptionally humble, a great kid, a great guitar player, and he is busting his butt to do all sorts of stuff. He deserves to be recognized." Adrian has only been...
Marion May 2015 Musician of the Month: Emily Kelly
Emily Kelly is a guitar student of Billy Lee Janey. Billy nominated Emily for Musician of the Month because Emily works hard, practices, and is always prepared. He says she will be an exceptional musician, and will be successful in a band. Emily is a 7th grader at...
Marion May 2015 Musician of the Month: Anne Baumann
Anne is a student of Allison Chenoweth here at West Music Marion. She has studied piano with Allison for 5 years. Anne is a 5th grader at St. Pius Elementary. She is a dedicated pianist who is never afraid of a new challenge! She has taken on several longer and more...
Telling the Story: Music Impacts Learning and Way of Life
Champions of Change: The Impact of the Arts on Learning indicates that music study improved students' success in math. Learn about how solid research proves that arts education has far-reaching benefits, both in and out of school, in this tip sheet, Telling the Story:...
Dances of the Seven Continents
Author: Sanna Longden Many of you have heard me say that, even though I am a dance educator, I really teach (here come all my “C’s”) civility, cooperation, community, creativity, consideration, communication, cultures, and character development. Recently, a new set of...
Music Therapy Provides Comfort for Patients
Author: Megan Reuther DES MOINES, Iowa – Music can provide comfort to patients at a time they may need it most. It’s one of a few therapies that can help people when they enter end of life care, and five sisters started an event to help provide the service. For 30...