by Jeremy Cohen | Dec 19, 2010 | Blog
Just got some really nice pics back from the University School of Milwauke (USM) residency I did at the beginning of the school year. This project was in collaboration with the USM Music Department and Miriam Altman, the Middle School Choral Director there and a...
by Jeremy Cohen | Nov 30, 2010 | Blog
I posted on November 13 about Philly Public Schools teacher and Ghana tripper extraordinaire Tara Schwitzman’s project to raise money on DonorsChoose.org for an all girls 5th grade African drumming ensemble at her school in North Philly. With donations coming in...
by Jeremy Cohen | Nov 13, 2010 | Blog
Meet Tara Schwitzman, a dedicated young teacher in the School District of Philadelphia who was one of eighteen students and educators from around the country who traveled to Ghana, West Africa, on the ThisWorldMusic/UMass Amherst Drum & Dance Summer Study Abroad...
by Jeremy Cohen | Nov 12, 2010 | Blog
Our fall newsletter went out today and includes resources for educators, upcoming events, and other exciting news. To make sure you receive email updates from TWM, including news on African drumming workshops, performances and study abroad courses in Ghana, West...
by Jeremy Cohen | Nov 11, 2010 | Blog |
For all the obvious and predictable talk about gender inequality — have you heard how they treat women in the developing world? — to me, today’s NPR story about Peggielene Bartels, the Ghanaian-American woman anointed king of her home village (first reported in...
