Music educator with major score to settle
3 years, 8 months ago

Music educator with major score to settle

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Book focuses on new approach needed to inspire and nurture creative talent by mixing instrument-playing with painting, Yang Cheng reports in Tianjin. Zong Xiaojun, a veteran educator at the Central Conservatory of Music, launched his new book, Music: Powering the Creative Imagination, at a recent music education gala in Tianjin. His first class was given to music teachers from poverty-stricken areas as part of the National Music Education Conference, held over July 16-19 in Tianjin. The courses are scheduled to be offered to more than 6,000 music teachers in 20 cities, including Wuhan in Hubei province, Taiyuan in Shanxi province, Yancheng in Jiangsu province and Xiamen in Fujian province. As to the reasons why he initiated the project, he says, "The nation's overall in-school music training tends to be 'boring' with the educational materials unchanged for decades."

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Music educator with major score to settle
3 years, 8 months ago

Music educator with major score to settle

China Daily  

Book focuses on new approach needed to inspire and nurture creative talent by mixing instrument-playing with painting, Yang Cheng reports in Tianjin. Zong Xiaojun, a veteran educator at the Central Conservatory of Music, launched his new book, Music: Powering the Creative Imagination, at a recent music education gala in Tianjin. His first class was given to music teachers from poverty-stricken …

Music educator with major score to settle
3 years, 8 months ago

Music educator with major score to settle

China Daily  

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Music educator with major score to settle
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