When we think of innovative ways to teach children we often defer to screens. You hear schools boasting, “Every student gets an iPad!” or extolling the virtues of a new computer coding program they’ve ...
Discover the essential music instruments for creating captivating Hip Hop beats. Explore drum machines, synthesizers, and samplers, and learn valuable tips for choosing the right instrument to achieve ...
Sean Pendleton started simple. “I looked into doing a MiniMoog clone, which is really all I wanted to build,” said the IT employee about the first synthesizer he made. “It just kind of all snowballed ...
Editor’s Note: This is part of a series called UChicago Class Visits, spotlighting transformative classroom experiences and unique learning opportunities offered at UChicago. If you want to measure ...
(SOUNDBITE) (French) CRAFTSMAN, YAHIA CHALLALI, SAYING: "It's a profession that I love. It was a challenge. I once broke my banjo and I swore to myself not to play music anymore, not to touch a guitar ...
HAVANA. ERIKA: IN CUBA, A LOVE OF MUSIC IS CULTIVATED AT AN EARLY AGE. AT THE CONSERVATORY, STUDENTS BURSTING WITH RAW TALENT FINE TUN ETHEIR SKILL. >> I HOPE TO BE A GREAT MUSICIAN. I HAVE TO BE A ...
Sarah Starbuck is an educator at Thornton Middle School. At her school, she witnesses first hand what the decline in funding for education does for programs like music. “[It] adversely affects kids ...
Oct. 7—DODGE CENTER, Minn. — When Logan Tufte was in grade school and decided to begin learning an instrument, his first choice of instrument was tuba. However, with few tubas available for novice ...