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You know every so often I take several articles that are sent to me and I put the links into one blog post. Well, this is that post. Filled with all kinds of interesting information and resources. Some of it you may want to share with your students, colleagues and/or parents.

• The New York Times Science research report on the long-term benefits of music lessons. Read about it by clicking here.

Thanks to David Cadigan for sending me this information. 

• From a blog post title Music: The Essentials of Tone Production and Its Ties with Art. Check it out by clicking here.

Thanks to Sebasticook Valley Middle School Music Teacher and Maine Arts Assessment Teacher Leader Jen Nash for sending this information.

• You can use your voice: UNESCO keep Creativity and Arts Education as a fundamental priority. If interested please click here.

Thanks to Performing Arts Teacher at Carrabec High School and Maine Arts Assessment Teacher Leader Beth Lambert for sending this information.

• Teacher in a Strange Land, Nancy Flanagan taught music for 30 years. In this blog post she weighs in on STEAM while co-teaching a course on the topic. To read the post please click here.
• Using Essential Questions in Interdisciplinary Lessons video, to watch click here.

Thanks to Ellsworth High School art teacher and Maine Arts Assessment Initiative Teacher Leader Leah Olson for sharing this information.

• An interesting slide show on digital portfolios by Frank Chimero.  Click here to access.
• An article that was published in Fortune magazine: What entrepreneurs can learn from artists written by Tim Leberecht. To read the article please click here.

Thanks to Ed Brazee for sending this information.