July 1, 2008
NSBA Supports Arts in Education
Posted by Colleen O'Brien, NSBA Staff, at 11:23 AM | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
Close your eyes, open your mind, and let the music carry you away. With recent studies on student achievement linking the need for 21st century education to include creativity, imagination, and the arts NSBA continues to encourage and foster the role of the arts in public education.
The National Association for Music Education (MENC) in conjunction with the Technology Leadership Network (TLN) announce the winners of NSBA’s Student Electronic Music Composition Talent Search 2008. Each year students from around the country submit their compositions for review by a national committee. Winners are selected for each of the following categories: elementary (through grade 5), middle level (grades 6-8), high School (grades 9-12). Entries are judged based on their aesthetic quality, effective use of electronic media, the power of the composition and its presentation in communicating to school board members, administrators, and others, the excitement and effectiveness of electronic music composition in the school curriculum. NSBA and MENC work together to emphasize and raise awareness of the important role of arts in 21st Century learning environments and K-12 education to ensure well rounded students and curriculum.
Winning students will be honored at NSBA's T+L Conference in Seattle, Washington, October 28–30, 2008. In addition, each winner will receive a prize package comprised of software and materials from Sibelius USA, MagicScore Music Software and MENC.
Please visit the T+L Website to listen to 2008’s national winner’s compositions! Their music is sure to inspire and impress you as each composition tells a story and reveals the wonderful role that arts play in the education system and the minds of our youth.
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