by Jo-Michael Scheibe | Apr 17, 2015 | Jo-Michael Scheibe
Music is an extremely ancient activity, which humans have participated in and enjoyed for tens of thousands of years. Music can take us on an emotional ride from sadness to happiness or from anger to peaceful. It can take us on a trip through the past as we replay our...
by Jo-Michael Scheibe | Mar 18, 2015 | Jo-Michael Scheibe
Music is a powerful tool with countless benefits for the human brain, such as providing an escape from the real world and uplifting our mood, but it is a relationship that psychology experts are still trying to completely understand. Researches are continually...
by Jo-Michael Scheibe | Feb 11, 2015 | Jo-Michael Scheibe
At Voice Charter School in Queens, students learn to read music and sing complicated harmonies. Their classes are far more musically focused than other charter schools or at schools with children of that age. The education is focused on producing via their vocal...
by Jo-Michael Scheibe | Jan 9, 2015 | Jo-Michael Scheibe
Have you ever heard of the Friday Afternoons project? Friday Afternoons started in November 2011, initially to engage Suffolk school children by providing 12 songs to be sung. The songs were intended to be for children, written by Benjamin Britten, composer and...
by Jo-Michael Scheibe | Dec 15, 2014 | Jo-Michael Scheibe
Knut Nystedt remains to be one of the most prominent figures in Norwegian music in the 1900s. He was most talented as a composer, choir conductor, and organist. Knut toured across the world as an organist, his conducting created chorus of the highest class and his...
by Jo-Michael Scheibe | Nov 6, 2014 | Jo-Michael Scheibe
Jo-Michael Scheibe and the USC Thornton Chamber Singers were featured this month by Santa Barbara Music Publishing, Inc.
by Jo-Michael Scheibe | Oct 6, 2014 | Jo-Michael Scheibe
According to a recent BBC article, in the United Kingdom the median price range for music lessons is £30 per hour based on a survey published by the Incorporated Society of Musicians. In central London, music tuition will run you about £38 an hour. These lesson prices...
by Jo-Michael Scheibe | Sep 18, 2014 | Jo-Michael Scheibe
How can we continue to shape and sustain the world of choral music and education for future generations? Here are 6 great quotes on the future of choral music from experts in the field. Combating Budget Cuts In Music Education “We need to connect the arts to all...
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