Here you will find excerpts/abstracts from some of my educational philosophies, as well as links to download the entire philosophy in PDF format.
From "Power to the People: the teaching philosophy of Jacob Ezzo"
"Music education today is disengaged and
desensitized to the needs of their students. Children blankly stare as they
beat a hand drum in an elementary class, or sit totally disengaged in the back
of a high school choral rehearsal. Why is this? Why do our children, who love
and value music outside of school totally disengage from it in the classroom?
The reason is that music education today is not what the child needs or wants.
This philosophy analyzes the efficacy of community music and value-added
learning through what is referred to as the human perspective, and attempts to
provide a framework and vision of what a reformed music education classroom
would look like."
From "The Choral Philosophy of Jacob Ezzo"
"It is the mission of the choral director to be the focusing aspect of the choir. They need pick repertoire that is challenging, engaging, and true to the culture that it is representing. They must provide children with a strong learning environment accepting of all learners, take the strengths and weaknesses each student brings to the table, and then utilize these strengths and weaknesses to advance on a unified front towards a specific goal. ,The goal may be geared towards the performance, but for me, I am more about the process in which we get there. I want my students to understand it feels like to actually understand and feel a piece of music. Music should connect students to the world around them, not create gaps."
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