Interactive Listening http://interactivelistening.com Music history becomes an active interactive learning experience from the world of Mozart and Beethoven to Dubstep. A new approach to music appreciation Sun, 19 May 2013 01:35:28 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 iPad Technology in the classroom: Two Chicago Teachers Remix Music History http://interactivelistening.com/ipad-technology-in-the-classroom/ http://interactivelistening.com/ipad-technology-in-the-classroom/#comments Sat, 18 May 2013 22:20:37 +0000 Pete Carney http://interactivelistening.com/?p=2783 In the News To read the full press release go to:  http://www.prweb.com/releases/2013/5/prweb10720894.htm Two Chicago Teachers Remix Music History with iPad Technology. Interactive Listening iBook Chosen as #1 Editor’s Choice by Apple Created for digital-savvy students, Interactive Listening features Hollywood-style graphics, interactive 3-D instruments and computer games. At the same time, the iBook includes interactive educational content

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]]> http://interactivelistening.com/ipad-technology-in-the-classroom/feed/ 0 Jennifer Foxx’s Tech Tuesday, Music Education Review http://interactivelistening.com/music-education-review-by-jennifer-foxx/ http://interactivelistening.com/music-education-review-by-jennifer-foxx/#comments Tue, 30 Apr 2013 17:46:21 +0000 Pete Carney http://interactivelistening.com/?p=2589 Jennifer Foxx just posted a great review of Interactive Listening on her website. Every Tuesday she posts a new page about music education and technology news that can help music teachers. It’s amazing how fast technology is amplifying the music education conversation. How long ago was it that teachers heard about new resources at All-State

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]]> http://interactivelistening.com/music-education-review-by-jennifer-foxx/feed/ 0 the Mozart kids from Salzburg http://interactivelistening.com/mozart-and-sister-from-salzbur/ http://interactivelistening.com/mozart-and-sister-from-salzbur/#comments Fri, 26 Apr 2013 17:47:44 +0000 Pete Carney http://interactivelistening.com/?p=2483 the Mozart letters                                      While on tour in Italy, the 14-year-old Mozart wrote various letters to his older sister who was now left at home in Salzburg to prepare for marriage. While Mozart performed near the Roman Coliseum and ruins of Pompeii, Maria was beginning a new chapter in her life without music. 

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]]> http://interactivelistening.com/mozart-and-sister-from-salzbur/feed/ 0 Apple’s #1 iBook on iTunes: Music education fights back http://interactivelistening.com/interactive-music-education/ http://interactivelistening.com/interactive-music-education/#comments Thu, 21 Mar 2013 01:47:20 +0000 Pete Carney http://interactivelistening.com/?p=764 We made it onto the top of the iTunes homepage in the picture above. Interactive Listening combines the interface of app design with the comprehensive text needed for a music course. Our music iBook is designed to create a new educational experience using one or thirty iPads in the music classroom. Click here to download

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]]> http://interactivelistening.com/interactive-music-education/feed/ 0 Music education iBook for iPad hits Australia http://interactivelistening.com/music-ibook-comes-to-australia-ipad-music-education-moves-forward/ http://interactivelistening.com/music-ibook-comes-to-australia-ipad-music-education-moves-forward/#comments Fri, 08 Mar 2013 22:30:48 +0000 Pete Carney http://interactivelistening.com/?p=786 Interactive Listening has been approved for sale in Australia. We think you’ll like the price compared to traditional music textbooks, and hope our book serves as a new introduction to music appreciation. We have some great material on Gamelan in our world music section. Hopefully we’ll meet more teachers at the Midwest Clinic next year. We’d

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]]> http://interactivelistening.com/music-ibook-comes-to-australia-ipad-music-education-moves-forward/feed/ 0 iTunes #1 Editor’s Choice Interactive Edition for iPad http://interactivelistening.com/musichistoryipadibookappreciation/ http://interactivelistening.com/musichistoryipadibookappreciation/#comments Sat, 02 Mar 2013 22:35:52 +0000 Pete Carney http://interactivelistening.com/?p=716 Here’s the ibook demo! We are excited to announce that Apple selected Interactive Listening as the #1 new interactive book and #1 Editor’s Choice in all categories.  Watch the demo below to find out why Interactive Listening is the first music textbook to ever be featured on the iTunes homepage. Download a 20 pages sample

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]]> http://interactivelistening.com/musichistoryipadibookappreciation/feed/ 0 Music History: Chasing Modest Mussorgsky http://interactivelistening.com/modest-mussorgsky-history/ http://interactivelistening.com/modest-mussorgsky-history/#comments Sat, 02 Mar 2013 16:47:31 +0000 Pete Carney http://interactivelistening.com/?p=812 Modest Mussorgsky  1839-1881 A writing sample from our approach to music history. In 1856, a gang of five self-taught Russian composers met to create a new type of classical music, free from the rules of Germany. Lead by Modest Mussorgsky, they composed Russian music for Russian people, drawn from peasant melodies, folklore witches, and patriotic

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]]> http://interactivelistening.com/modest-mussorgsky-history/feed/ 0 iBook premiere at TMEA music education conference, San Antonio 2013 http://interactivelistening.com/ibook-premiere-at-tmea/ http://interactivelistening.com/ibook-premiere-at-tmea/#comments Sun, 03 Feb 2013 16:49:31 +0000 Pete Carney http://interactivelistening.com/?p=662 The book that changes music history. We’re excited to premiere our fully interactive iBook at TMEA. You have to see it to believe what is now possible in music education.  Stop by booth #129 to see our interactive book for iPad in action. Interactive Listening is a digital expedition through the world of music studying various

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]]> http://interactivelistening.com/ibook-premiere-at-tmea/feed/ 0 Florida Music Educators Conference, Tampa 2013 http://interactivelistening.com/florida-music-educators-conference-tampa-2013/ http://interactivelistening.com/florida-music-educators-conference-tampa-2013/#comments Fri, 01 Feb 2013 21:13:02 +0000 Pete Carney http://interactivelistening.com/?p=639 Great to see so many friends in Florida. We’re all excited about the iBook and appreciate your feedback about tools you need to teach.

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]]> http://interactivelistening.com/florida-music-educators-conference-tampa-2013/feed/ 0 Wisconsin Music Conference Oct. 25-26 http://interactivelistening.com/wisconsin-state-music-conference-october-24-27-2012/ http://interactivelistening.com/wisconsin-state-music-conference-october-24-27-2012/#comments Wed, 12 Sep 2012 23:47:02 +0000 Pete Carney http://interactivelistening.com/?p=553 Drop by booth 914 and take a peak at our new Interactive Listening iBook. Let’s make music matter! Wisconsin State Music Conference Monona Terrace, Madison, WI October 25-26, 2012 Booth 914 – Interactive Listening   Interactive Listening Quiz! There are many good answers, but the idea is to create a discussion and we hope that

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