The Eastman School of Music is proud to announce the newly named Department of Music Teaching and Learning (formerly Music Education Department). The name of the department has changed over the years to reflect the evolution of American music education. Prior to the 1960s, students earned degrees in Public School Music, which was the prevalent career path at that time for…
For Eastman students studying Music Education, the student teaching semester is more trying than any other. A new schedule, daily travel, hours of lesson planning and many more practicing piano, conducting, and secondary instruments, are only some of the typical challenges student teachers face every day. But most agree that it is also the most…
Professor of Music Education Christopher Azzara reflects on his classes in Mannheim as part of a trip to Germany. On Saturday, I started a two-day class at the Musikhochschule in Mannheim. This group of undergraduates, graduate students, and in-service teachers had excellent musicianship skills, but didn’t have too much experience improvising. We sang and played…
Professor of Music Education Christopher Azzara traveled last week to Germany to teach as a guest faculty member at the Hochschule fĂĽr Musik und Theater in Hamburg and the Staatliche Hochschule fĂĽr Musik und Darstellende Kunst in Mannheim. He writes below on his time in Hamburg. On Wednesday, I taught an improvisation class at the…