Accentuate the Negative? On Teaching Biographical Details in Jazz History

31 August 2013 Race and the Mythology, Politics and Business of Jazz, by Randall Sandke Letter to the Editor from Gridley, Mark authors: Rob Foster author_ids: 2069 authors: Rob Foster author_ids: 2069

Teacher Responses to Cautions About Teaching Negative Biographical Details in Jazz History Courses

01 May 2020 to reassess their reasons for doing so and to make appropriate revisions to their presentations and/or texts. authors: Rob Foster author_ids: 2069 authors: Rob Foster author_ids: 2069

Your Turn to Lead: Cultivating Student Leadership in Music Theory and Aural Skills

13 May 2026 Introduction Universities and colleges aspire to equip students for leadership in their professions, and institutions frequently include leadership education in their statements of mission and purpose. According to Susan Komives and Matthew Sowcik...

Appreciation Without Apologies

02 October 2006 Admit it: music appreciation is square. In the recent film comedy School of Rock, when a bumbling rocker somehow gets a job teaching at a stuffy prep school and begins teaching classes in "rock history and appreciation," what's funny is how the film...

Paying Attention to Music and Baseball: Listening to the Savannah Bananas

13 May 2026 In 1956, Ford Frick, the Commissioner of Major League Baseball, tried to woo music fans to pay more attention to baseball. Writing in Music Journal, Frick hoped that his “comparison of music and baseball should be of interest to devotees of both of...