Focus on Folk Music: Music of the Romani - 05/12/2008

Have you seen the movie The Red Violin, featuring actor Samuel L. Jackson and music performed by violinist Joshua Bell? The Red Violin takes place ove ... more

Starting a Mariachi Band in Your School - 05/11/2008

Summer 2008 Workshop Provides "Everything You Need to Know" about Starting a Mariachi Program Participants of this summer 2008 workshop will ... more

Establishing an Identity for Your Orchestra, Part 2 - 05/06/2008

In schools where there are strong band and jazz band programs, string teachers often find it difficult for their students to achieve the recognition t ... more

Establishing an Identity for Your Orchestra, Part 1 - 04/30/2008

In schools where there are strong band and jazz band programs, string teachers often find it difficult for their students to achieve the recognition t ... more

MENC Leadership Sets New National Conference Schedule - 04/24/2008

In April, the MENC National Executive Board (NEB) voted to replace the association’s long-standing national biennial conference with an annual natio ... more

Top 10 Things Every First-Year Orchestra Director Needs to Know - 04/22/2008

  Know the instrument repair basics, and be proficient enough to change a string or set a bridge quickly. Have chalk and wax handy for troublesome pe ... more

2008 Summer Study List Now Online - 04/21/2008

MENC has published our annual list of summer study opportunities for music educators and students. The information was compiled from questionnaires s ... more

Don’t Know Which End of a Guitarrón Is Up? MENC Offers a New Mariachi Book - 04/17/2008

For one month in 2007, William Gradante acted as mariachi mentor for MENC’s online community of music educators. Many of the questions he received w ... more

The Bow: To Tape or Not to Tape? - 04/15/2008

That is the question. Denese Odegaard, a string teacher in Fargo, North Dakota, for 23 years and secretary of the American String Teachers Association ... more

MENC Mariachi: April 2008 newsletter - 04/09/2008

MENC Mariachi Mariachi main page MENC forums Newsletter archive Sheet music and methods Curriculum Resources Music advocacy ... more