Parents may be familiar with music education from their own experiences, but curricula and teaching processes have changed since their youth. Informances are informal opportunities for music educators to describe the curriculum; demonstrate classroom activities, rehearsal procedures, and assessment techniques; and encourage the "audience" to…

The Connecting Parents with Learning Project (CPLP) is an attempt to involve parents in learning standards-based content along with their children. The CPLP can be especially effective in connecting with parents of different cultures because the children teach the parents. Furthermore, it removes the mystery of what the students are studying by…

Presents the attempts of four teachers to get parents involved in and excited about school music. Includes a description of a school concert that included a performance by band parents; parents clubs for orchestra, band, or choral groups; newsletters; and a band class in which parents learned to play their child's instrument. (DK)

Presents an innovative method for insuring that music students remember what they learned at their last music class. (RK)