by Takenya Battle | May 19, 2016 | Blog |
After teaching Elementary Music to roughly 800 kids in grades K-5 for 14 years in an urban setting, and after being an enlisted member of the Armed Forces since 2008, I can very easily say that teaching (under the present circumstances) is harder than being in the... by Takenya Battle | May 10, 2016 | Blog |
U.S. Education Secretary John King has made good on his efforts to support a versatile education for kids across the United States of America, by making public a curriculum that inserts music into math and science lessons. The curriculum, designed by the Thelonius... by Takenya Battle | Apr 20, 2016 | Blog |
James Brown. Luciano Pavarotti. Soul Brother Number One. The King of the High C’s. Big P. Mr. Please, Please, Please. Fat Lucy. Mr. Dynamite. Big Luciano. These two fellas couldn’t have been more different, yet more alike. One is the founding... 
by Takenya Battle | Apr 19, 2016 | Blog |
The sun is shining and warms my skin. The grass is green and growing higher daily. The bluebonnets and other flowers are in full bloom. The frogs can be heard croaking in the evening. It’s rainy for a hot second and then everything clears up with only a... by Takenya Battle | Apr 19, 2016 | Blog |
Last time was so much fun that we’re doing it again, and again, and again! I saw multi-generational families enjoying a lovely Saturday afternoon. There was singing and playing and a couple of youngsters stepped out boldly and were able to sing a song or two... by Takenya Battle | Apr 12, 2016 | Blog |
Things in life tend to have an ebb and flow, a high and low. Well, it looks like we’re on the leading edge of technological innovations. The player piano, or pianola, was introduced in the early 1900’s, peaked around 1924, and with the rise of the...