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Music Meets Technology: Enhancing Student Learning with ChatGPT and AI

There’s so much talk about AI and specifically, ChatGPT, and its impact on student learning. Whether you approve of it or not, AI technology is here to stay and will only become more advanced. How can we learn to embrace it and utilize its powers to further engage our students in the classroom and better […]

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Music is in Fact Universal

“Music is the universal language of mankind.” – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1835) How many times have you heard some version of that quote? We’ve come to use and understand this as a metaphor for how we believe music to be appreciated across time and culture. Until recently, the universality of music had never been systematically […]

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Celebrating the 2020 Music Education Innovator Award Recipients in Nashville

In March 2020 we announced our largest group of 15 outstanding Music Education Innovator Award (MEIA) recipients with thanks to our Artist Ambassador Devon Gilfillian. Learn about who they are and their programs HERE. We made plans to celebrate them later that year with our annual gathering in Nashville, and well, we all know what […]

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Join the Piano Party with Harry Connick Jr.!

Give A Note welcomes Harry Connick Jr.’s Piano Party as a champion of our work to expand the reach and impact of music education. Piano Party is a new online piano course like only Harry Connick Jr. could create. As the course instructor and guide, Harry makes learning the piano fun as he mixes the […]

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Part 2 – Women and Girls in Music Production

By KELLEY KING and EMILY FALVEY This is part 2 of a 2-part series on the topic of music production education in schools. This is part 2 of a two-part series on the topic of music production education in schools. In part 1, we explored the rationale and recommendations for bringing music production education into […]

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Part I: Music Production – 4 Ways to Bring It to Your School Now

By KELLEY KING and EMILY FALVEY This is part 1 of a 2-part series on the topic of music production education in schools. Music production presents an incredible opportunity to breathe new life into music programs and STEM programs alike. One of the most obvious benefits of teaching music production is fostering high student engagement. […]

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Artist Ambassador Feature: Jeff Coffin

Jeff Coffin is a Give A Note Artist Ambassador. During a presentation at John Overton High School in Nashville, TN in March 2020, Jeff said, “Music education strengthens community, music education brings students together, music education provides a safe place for self-expression, music education promotes complex problem solving, music education encourages students to create, music […]

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Artist Ambassador Feature: Ruby Amanfu

Give A Note is committed to supporting educators who excel with their students – educators who guide students to use their voice through music to find place and belonging in this world. Music educators are tasked to identify how their students’ unique abilities can add value to the music community. Mostly that means encouraging their […]

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