Eric Jao Professional DJ | Founder of Mix Major | Co-Creator of the Electronic Music ELEMENTS Curriculum | K-8 Electronic Music Production Teacher In 2016, I had over two decades of DJ experience, but was just one year into teaching music production to K-12.  I was brought in to teach a semester-long class to 10 middle schoolers.  Minutes into that first class, I realized: teaching is just like DJing. Four kids on my right understand every word I’m saying.  They’re jus

Specifying, funding and installing music labs is no easy feat. However, using them to teach takes an even more robust plan… (The second of a four-part series on keyboard labs)

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The first of a four-part series on keyboard labs sets the table for a discussion of their role and utility as facilities that can attract more students to musical instruction.

In the early 1980s, as synthesizers and electronic keyboards crept into American schools, music education found itself caught between excitement and uncertainty...