from the editor


Need a moment for yourself? Find an unoccupied space (car, home, office, wherever). Take a long, deep breath. Exhale. Play a fa- vorite tune for your mood. Get lost in the music.


As long as I can remember, that has been my ritual for whenever I’ve needed a ‘moment.’ When I was young, I would spin 45s and dream. Fast forward… That turned into brain-vacation playlists from A-Z. Whether playing iTunes or my guitar, it still works! I find my feel-good sanctu- ary, lost in the music.


Getting lost in the music is not a literal reference, rather an expression for going to that special place beyond the notes. It’s a personal experience of mind, body and feeling. It seems that in a musical context, getting lost like this is extraordinarily great as long it doesn’t mean literally losing your place in the music you play (i.e. spring concert anyone?). So for those reading music, how do they learn to find that place? How can they be taught about the affect in music?


That brings me to this issue of WSM themed “Educator Affectiveness” – a non-literal adaptation of today’s more literal terminology defined by measure- ments of “effectiveness.” In this issue, we explore teaching with affect, which is at the heart of music education. Music has many aesthetic qualities that are intrinsic. With music education, it’s unlike anything standardized… it simply isn’t black and white. However, that’s the beauty of music in education and some of the many reasons music stands together with other subjects AND on its own. In those moments needed most, it takes you places!


WISCONSIN SCHOOL MUSIC ASSOCIATION


BOARD OF DIRECTORS President • Jon Gilliland • jonbgilliland@gmail.com Fond du Lac


President-Elect • Richard Parks • rparks@marathon.k12.wi.us Superintendent, School District of Marathon


Past President • R. Scott Pierce • spierce17@wi.rr.com District Administrator, Central High School District of Westosha, Salem


District Representatives


NORTHERN • Nathan Vlcek • nvlcekn@ricelake.k12.wi.us Associate Principal, Rice Lake Middle School


WEST CENTRAL • Heidi Taylor-Eliopoulus • taylorhe@chipfalls.org Superintendent, Chippewa Falls Area Unified School District


WESTERN • Sam Ruud • ruuds@arcadia.k12.wi.us Principal, Arcadia Middle School


SOUTHWESTERN • Luke Francois • luke.francois@mp.k12.wi.us Superintendent, Mineral Point Public Schools


NORTHEASTERN • Richard Parks • rparks@marathon.k12.wi.us Superintendent, Marathon Public Schools


CENTRAL • Dan Wolfgram • dwolfgram@manawa.k12.wi.us Principal, Little Wolf Junior/Senior High School, Manawa


EASTERN • Brian Hanes • bhanes@ashwaubenonk12.org Superintendent, Ashwaubenon Public Schools


SOUTH CENTRAL • Steve Plank • splank@mcpasd.k12.wi.us Principal, Middleton High School


EAST CENTRAL • Doug Arendt • darendt@grafton.k12.wi.us Assistant Principal, John Long Middle School, Grafton


SOUTHEASTERN • R. Scott Pierce • spierce17@wi.rr.com District Administrator, Central High School District of Westosha, Salem


Wisconsin Music Educators Association Lynn Seidl, President • Luxemburg • lynn.a.seidl@gmail.com Kati Seiter, President-Elect • Manitowoc • katiseiter11@gmail.com James Scheuer, Past President • Owen • jimscheuer@charter.net


Wisconsin Association of School Boards


Terry McCloskey • Three Lakes • capt.mccloskey@gmail.com Department of Public Instruction


Julie Palkowski • Madison • julie.palkowski@dpi.wi.gov


Parent-Community Liaison Todd Schmidt • Waunakee • tschmidt@vil.waunakee.wi.us


Kevin Thays, Editor Past Board Member Representative


Jon Gilliland • Fond du Lac • jonbgilliland@gmail.com Gregg Butler • Fall Creek • gbutler11@gmail.com


4 April 2017


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