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Douglas Lowry Steps Down as Eastman Dean

NAfME National In-Service Conference Heads to Nashville Oct. 27-30, 2013

School Life Quality Improved by Music Lessons, Study Finds

Semifinalists Announced for Inaugural Recording Academy Music Educator Award

NY Times asks: Is Music Key to Success?

A recent opinion piece in the New York Times questions the impact of intensive musical training on a number of high achieving individuals in an array of industries.  Author Joanne Lipman writes:

Condoleezza Rice trained to be a concert pianist. Alan Greenspan, former chairman of the Federal Reserve, was a professional clarinet and saxophone player. The hedge fund billionaire Bruce Kovner is a pianist who took classes at Juilliard.

Multiple studies link music study to academic achievement. But what is it about serious music training that seems to correlate with outsize success in other fields?

The connection isn’t a coincidence. I know because I asked. I put the question to top-flight professionals in industries from tech to finance to media, all of whom had serious (if often little-known) past lives as musicians. Almost all made a connection between their music training and their professional achievements.

Semifinalists Revealed For Inaugural GRAMMY Music Educator Award

A total of 25 music teachers from 24 cities across 15 states have been announced as semifinalists for the Music Educator Award presented by The Recording Academy and the GRAMMY Foundation. In total, more than 30,000 initial nominations were submitted from all 50 states. The 10 finalists will be announced in December.

The Music Educator Award was established to recognize current educators (kindergarten through college, public and private schools) who have made a significant and lasting contribution to the field of music education and who demonstrate a commitment to the broader cause of maintaining music education in the schools.

Juilliard Announces Creation Of Kovner Fellowship Program

Gift of $60m enables scholarship covering full tuition for select classical music students beginning September 2014

Joseph W. Polisi, President of The Juilliard School, recently announced the creation of the Kovner Fellowship Program at Juilliard that will be endowed with a gift of $60 million – the largest single one-time gift to the School – from Bruce and Suzie Kovner, long-time supporters of the School. Providing full tuition and living expenses, the Fellowships recognize the excellence of Juilliard’s classical music students and enhance the School’s 100+ year tradition of attracting and developing the most talented musicians in the world.

The scholarships cover the full cost of attendance – tuition, room and board, plus an annual stipend for enrichment and development activities – beginning with 25 students in the first year and increasing up to 52 undergraduate and graduate students annually in classical music programs by 2018.  It is the only scholarship program that covers all expenses for the entire course of study at Juilliard.

National Policy Review Finds K-12 Teacher Evaluation is Broader than Test Scores

Teacher evaluation systems today are more refined and useful for improving teachers’ skills and connecting teachers to student achievement than past models, a new national report that examines states’ teacher evaluation policies by the National School Boards Association’s (NSBA) Center for Public Education (CPE) finds.

“Trends in Teacher Evaluation: How States are Measuring Teacher Performance,” offers an overview of changes in teacher evaluation systems by state. The report also describes states’ use of evaluation data for personnel decisions and continuous improvement.

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