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Alton Fitzgerald White- TED Talk

Whether or not you had an opportunity to see Alton Fitzgerald White's amazing Musing during TAA week, here is the link to his TED Talk!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARofPxt-GlE&app=desktop

 

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Link to Standards Interlude Materials

Are you looking for more information on the revised Academic Standards for Fine Arts?

 

TDOE Standards Trainings https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1WI3I1EulMSM9wF5uxgdslR1MPEHY3kxH

TAA Elementary Music

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1AKNza5f

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2017 TAA Social Media Coordinator

Hello TAA Community! My name is Emma Lambiase, and I am the 2017 TAA Social Media Coordinator. I am a music major at Belmont University, and I study Electric Bass guitar and Upright Bass. While music is my first love, I am especially excited this yea

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2016 Academy Photos

Thank you to everyone who made the 30th Anniversary Tennessee Arts Academy one for the books! A few people have been asking about photos from the 2016 Academy. All of the photos have been posted on our Tennessee Arts Academy Facebook page divided by

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Why TAA?

   While walking around with everyone this week, I have heard different ones of you talking about your decision to come to TAA this year.  I have heard some people say that they chose the Arts Academy over a vacation, and I have heard others say that

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Day 2 - Monday

451874?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024451926?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024What a wonderful day it has been so far!  We have seen a breathtaking performance by Ballet Memphis and heard tons of stories from the beautiful, talented, and hilarious opera singer, Mignon Dunn.  I can't wait to see what the rest of the week has in

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How's TAA?!

Hey everyone!

How's TAA so far? I don't get to see much of it (I'm usually the one carrying a box around campus), so let me live vicariously!

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1 Reply · Reply by Kathy Lunceford Jul 22, 2014

Curious about Common Core and the National Core Arts Standards? Check out these resources.

PBS Learning Module: The Arts and the Common Core

http://www.pbslearningmedia.org/search/?q=common+core+and+arts

National Core Arts Standards

http://www.nationalartsstandards.org/

The Re-Imagined Arts Standards presented by the National Association for M

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New York City opportunity

New York, New York! What a wonderful experience! I am still surprised and grateful that I won the trip provided by the Tennessee Arts Academy in the summer of 2013. I have never won anything before! The trip exceeded my expectations and my husband an

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Excellence in Arts Education - a Tribute to Tennessee Arts Academy

I wrote the letter below in the form of a blog post after last year's Academy.  I thought I would share it here.

Dr. Bridges and Mr. Bluestein,

I am writing to sing the praises of Tennessee Arts Academy, and to thank you both for investing so much of y

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Music Educators -- Need more Sight Reading Material?

Hi everyone,

I just stumbled across The Sight Reading Factory, a nearly endless resource for sight reading material at all levels.  It even has some really reasonably priced options for educators (you) :).

https://sightreadingfactory.com/

Has anyone

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Suggestions for new musical theatre titles that play well in high school.

What new musical theatre productions are out there that work well in a high school setting? I am tired of Oklahoma!  (even though I like it a lot). Please share with us all.

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