by Jeremy Cohen | Apr 26, 2013 | Blog
Today on the blog we are pleased to feature the second in a two-part guest post from Elizabeth Green, a music educator in New York City and participant on the summer 2012 ThisWorldMusic Study in Ghana program. “You’re so lucky you teach music! The kids love music!” So...
by Jeremy Cohen | Dec 27, 2012 | Blog
Today on the ThisWorldMusic blog we are pleased to feature the first in a two-part guest post from Elizabeth Green, a music educator in New York City and participant on the summer 2012 ThisWorldMusic Study in Ghana program. Picture it. 2 p.m, 6th grade band rehearsal,...
by Jeremy Cohen | Feb 7, 2012 | Blog
With the ThisWorldMusic/UMASS summer 2012 Study in Ghana program on the horizon, I thought I’d share some packing tips we give trip participants. Although a standard packing list is easy to come by, these 10 lesser known items are must haves for anyone planning...
by Jeremy Cohen | Nov 28, 2011 | Blog
From today’s Baltimore Sun: With 600 students, including a significant percentage of immigrants, music teacher Diane Schaming wanted to try something new to interest the children in the music of different cultures. So last summer she went to Africa and brought...