Today I am pleased to welcome Stephen Battaglia, author of the Mr. McSymphony book series, to Music Matters Blog for an exclusive interview. Music Matters Blog (MMB): What is your musical/education background? Stephen Battaglia (SB): Piano lessons for six years and violin lessons for two years. I now play the harmonica, mostly in schools. MMB: […]
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Review of Mr. McSymphony Book Series
Originally conceived as school presentations to expand students’ knowledge of music and increase their interest in musical development, the Mr. McSymphony series has been presented to over 25,000 children in over 16 elementary schools in California, Oregon and Washington. The books and teachers guides that are now available for purchase were written by Stephen Battaglia […]
Carnegie Hall Listening Adventures
Here’s another great site you should check out: the Carnegie Hall Listening Adventures website. You can register an account for yourself and even set up multiple accounts for your students and monitor their progress as they work through the different phases of the Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra program. It looks very interesting and […]
Incredible Music History Resource!
You must go check out the Keeping Score website, developed by the San Francisco Symphony! According to the website, “Keeping Score is the San Francisco Symphony’s national, multi-year program designed to make classical music more accessible to people of all ages and musical backgrounds. Keeping Score uses media in its most public and accessible forms […]
Learn about the Instruments of the Symphony Orchestra
Here’s a handy website I ran across as I’ve been trying to track down good website resources for my students. You can click on each of the sections in the orchestra to see a close up view of the instrument, complete with labels for each of the different parts of the instrument. The information is […]
Audition to Study Piano with Mario Ajero
Check out this awesome opportunity that Mario Ajero is offering to anyone who is interested in studying piano with him! Mario is Assistant Professor of Piano Pedagogy and Coordinator of Class Piano at Stephen F. Austin State University and also hosts The Piano Podcast. He is one of the leading experts in the field of […]
