by Melissa Stouffer | Jan 10, 2023 | AAPI, All, Holidays, Music History, Musical Cultures, Season: Winter
A lot of teachers and schools are incorporating Lunar New Year into their yearly plans. Lunar New Year is not a celebration specific to China. As with other cultural celebrations, please buy resources from creators who are actually of Asian descent and celebrate Lunar...
by Melissa Stouffer | Sep 27, 2022 | All, Literature, Music History, Musical Cultures
September is Deaf Awareness Month. For those of us who are hearing, and teach music, I think Deafness can be one of the most difficult things for us to relate to. We are professional noise makers. But as teachers, and humans, it’s so important that we include...
by Melissa Stouffer | May 3, 2022 | AAPI, All, Music History, Musical Cultures
Since May is Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month, I thought I’d give us a post highlighting someone who might make great musician of the month possibility. Yo-Yo Ma is a former child prodigy, French born Chinese cellist. His first appearance in 1962...
by Melissa Stouffer | Oct 19, 2021 | AAPI, All, Literature, Music History, Musical Cultures
In my hunt for Filipino folk songs, I came across these five illustrated folk song books. I thought they would be wonderful to share with you! Each book also has some info on the song and sometimes more such as the region or music (Kaisa-Isa Niyan). All five books...
by Melissa Stouffer | Oct 5, 2021 | AAPI, All, Literature, Musical Cultures
October is Filipino American History Month. If you read my blog regularly or follow me on Instagram, you know I am half Filipino/Chinese, and that earlier this year I found my grandma’s huge family by chance thanks to a cousin who responded to a random Facebook...
by Melissa Stouffer | Sep 7, 2021 | All, Literature, Music History, Musical Cultures
It’s time for another book round up! I was super pumped to find out that Gospel Music has a month dedicated to it and I do not think we pay nearly enough attention to it! Here are three books that I think will give your kids a taste of the amazing heritage of Gospel...
