a tempo Winter 2008
Download the complete Winter 2008 issue of a tempo in PDF. (Some stories in the print issue duplicate the online Summer 2007 issue and so were not included in the online Winter 2008 edition.)
Update on undegraduate music education
 The Department of Music Education recently initiated several changes in the undergraduate degree program, and we want to give our alumni some insight into our rationale for change, and to share these changes with you. We have implemented these revisions to facilitate student learning of the skills needed to become an effective teacher. Music teachers should possess a deep understanding of the discipline and the ability to make informed choices regarding what to teach and how to plan and deliver instruction. They should be able to shape instruction, in the moment, to meet the needs of individual learners.
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Beerman wins Governor’s Award for the Arts
 Dr. Burton Beerman, award-winning composer and professor of composition in the college, has been chosen to receive a 2008 Governor’s Award for the Arts, the Ohio Arts Council has announced. He and the other winners of this year’s awards will be honored at a luncheon in Columbus on April 16, hosted by the council and the Ohio Citizens for the Arts Foundation.
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Falcon Maching Band appears in regional championship
 The Falcon Marching Band was invited to make a guest appearance at the Bands of America Regional Championship on Nov. 3 at the RCA Dome in Indianapolis, Ind. Under the direction of Dr. Carol Hayward, this was the Falcon Marching Band’s first appearance at a Bands of America regional event. “One college band is selected to perform in exhibition at each regional championship,” according to Hayward, an assistant professor of music education.
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