Welcome to the CCC project for musical learning and sharing!
  • Transforming traditional musical ensembles into innovative, inclusive, democratic communities. 
  • Making musical learning exciting and meaningful for life-long enjoyment and healing.
If we want kids to love music we have to rethink a lot of what we do around the way things are taught in general.  Give kids more choices about what they’re doing.  Stop offering rewards for success which implicitly devalue whatever you have to do to get the reward and above all stop turning it into a contest. 
~Aflie Kohn

Announcements:

  • Peace Building through Music Education!  Project ideas for promoting peace through collaborative musicking for schools and communities.  Click on the Peace Building Link above.
  • Download our e-handbook to develop your own CCC ensembles!  See links above or go to e-Book.
  • Professional Development from NAfME can be obtained on the CCC approach!  The Webinar titled "Flipped Out: Transforming Your Ensembles for the 21st Century" can be found at the bottom of this link.
  • Your ensemble in the spotlight!  if you would like your ensemble featured on our CCC website, contact Dr. Collins. She is now traveling to schools across the country to visit and video your creative and collaborative ensembles!

A peak at CCC:

Caron Collins, is Professor Emerita at The Crane School of Music at the State University of New York at Potsdam.  With 40 years of teaching experience in K-12 higher education, she continues to teach her online graduate music course, "Peace Building through Music Education".  Dr. Collins earned her Ph.D. in music from The Ohio State University, the Master in the Art of Teaching from Marygrove College, and her Bachelor of Music Education (instrumental music, flute major) from Indiana University. She has published articles and/or presented clinics for state and national music organizations. Her book, Messengers of Music: The Legacy of Julia E. Crane, Information Age Publishing (2011), shares music teacher stories matched with the philosophy of Julia Crane.  She lives in the northern foothills of the Adirondack Mountains with her husband, Philip, and enjoys nature and performing on Native American Style flutes and percussion.
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