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What the pandemic has taught us about music and education

Posted on June 14, 2020June 14, 2020 by Jonathan Andrew Govias

The fact that the pandemic hit during a school semester has provided what may be the largest natural socio-educational experiment of our time. And it's been uncomfortable.

Posted in UncategorizedTagged education, learning, music, school, technologyLeave a comment

In Search of the Perfect Society

Posted on October 2, 2016 by Jonathan Andrew Govias

Expecting a large ensemble to improvise as successfully as a jazz quintet is ludicrous.

Posted in UncategorizedTagged hockey, improvisation, jazz, music, orchestraLeave a comment

Still Steamed about STEM (Part 2)

Posted on September 29, 2015September 29, 2015 by Jonathan Andrew Govias

Sistema programs are a declaration of different aspirations, of different values, of a different vision for society

Posted in UncategorizedTagged advocacy, curriculum, education, music, sistema, steam, stem8 Comments

Steamed about STEM – Part 1

Posted on September 19, 2015September 19, 2015 by Jonathan Andrew Govias

This is the perverse logic of the world of STEM.

Posted in UncategorizedTagged arts, education, music, sistema, steam, stem2 Comments

This is where we flew

Posted on April 5, 2015April 5, 2015 by Jonathan Andrew Govias

How a major research university is playing a role in Sistema internationally

Posted in UncategorizedTagged education, montreal, music, Service residency, sistema, UNC Charlotte2 Comments

ISME Sistema in Porto Alegre – the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly.

Posted on July 30, 2014July 30, 2014 by Jonathan Andrew Govias

ISME 2014 and the Sistema Special Interest Group have both drawn to their conclusion in Porto Alegre. Here, for your reading enjoyment, are the relative highlights. And the lowlights.

Posted in UncategorizedTagged Brazil, education, hallam, ISME, music, sistema, Symposium2 Comments

Acarigua – The Legend Continues

Posted on June 30, 2014June 30, 2014 by Jonathan Andrew Govias

This was not the same orchestra. There was a technical and musical assurance, a mental flexibility, a level of intellectual discipline that was evident in every measure they played.

Posted in UncategorizedTagged Acarigua, caracas, education, music, sistema, Venezuela, Zambrano3 Comments

Sistema in the crossfire

Posted on February 17, 2014 by Jonathan Andrew Govias

The least comfortable seat is the one on the fence, but that’s where the Fundación needs to be right now.

Posted in UncategorizedTagged abreu, Chavez, dudamel, maduro, montero, music, sistema, violence2 Comments

Defying the Evil Empire

Posted on February 2, 2014 by Jonathan Andrew Govias

Teachers, like publishers, are gatekeepers. Both entities make difficult choices in terms of what content to present, in terms of what perspectives to privilege. But unlike publishers, teachers do not make these choices based on profitability.

Posted in UncategorizedTagged corruption, education, Evil Empire, music, profit, Publisher, sistema, students, textbookLeave a comment

The (Musical) Monster Awakes

Posted on August 26, 2013 by Jonathan Andrew Govias

It has been incredibly gratifying to watch her musical awakening, how music and sound have become a source of genuine pleasure and joy.

Posted in UncategorizedTagged daughter, education, Liverpool, music, Richard Hallam, sistema4 Comments

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