online Archive

Get a student’s perspective by taking a few online courses yourself! Typically, when I post my personal introduction to an online class at the beginning of a session, I include my education and experience information, but I also make sure to empathize …

“I got a black-cat bone, I got a Mojo too, I got a John-the-cockaroo, I’m gonna mess with you.” These are the indomitable words of Muddy Waters’ “Hoochie Coochie Man” that kept running through my head as I rebooted my computer for …

The best music dictionary on the web is completely free! In partnership with Virginia Tech, Connect For Education (C4E) has redesigned and enhanced the original Virginia Tech music dictionary to bring you the brand new OnMusic Dictionary—an online music reference used by …

Stephen Hopkins is a music theorist, composer, and professor at Penn State University, and the author of OnMusic Jazz. The digital text teaches aural listening skills, and how to write thoughtful analyses of individual compositions. It also includes access to Spotify playlists, …

In the following interview, Dr. Jennifer Silva discusses the formation of her new title with C4E, Discovering Sociology and what sociological ideas, past and present, excite and engage students. Dr. Silva is a professor in the Department of Sociology at Bucknell University …

Arielle Cady Flores teaches elementary music education in Minnesota at the Cyprus School of Music and Art. She received undergraduate and masters degrees in violin performance from Andrews University. She began using OnMusic Appreciation during her second year of teaching Music Appreciation …

Professor Dan Miller is a Professor Emeritus of World Music at Vincennes University in Vincennes, Indiana. As an experienced instructor in both online and hybrid courses, he values course materials which enable students to make informed observations about music. He doesn’t merely …

I had the privilege of being a performing instrumentalist from the time I started playing in youth groups through the many years I performed professionally in New York City before I fully turned my attention to conducting. Particularly as a percussionist/timpanist, I …