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MENZA Wellington – Music Cluster Meeting Term II – Secondary
May 18 @ 2:00 pm | May 18 @ 5:00 pm
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Congratulations Celia Stewart for Queen’s Birthday Honours MNZM
Congratulations to Celia Stewart on being made a Member of New Zealand Order of Merit (MNZM) for her outstanding services to Music Education over many years. For services to music education Mrs Celia Stewart has contributed to music education in the Canterbury region and nationally for more than 40…
Tribute to Ian Dando
life-story-ian-dando-one-of-nzs-top-music-critics Obituary: Ian Dando 1934-2019 worked for the Ministry of Education as the Otago music advisor in Dunedin. In Christchurch he worked as a senior music lecturer at the College of Education. He was also known as a music reviewer and gifted school music teacher.
Stop Defending Music Education
Today I ran across one more xeroxed handout touting the test-taking benefits of music education, defending music as a great tool for raising test scores and making students smarter. It was just one more example among many of the “keep music because it helps with other things“ pieces out there.…