About
Owen Bradley is the Band Director and Chairman of the Performing Arts Academy at North Port High School in North Port Florida. A 1988 graduate of the Florida State University, he has been teaching for 18 years in Florida. He holds a Master’s Degree in Curriculum with and emphasis in Integrating Technology in the Classroom and is a Sarasota County Schools NeXt Generation Educator.
You can reach me via email at: owenbradley@gmail.com
December 14, 2006 at 9:35 am
Owen,
I was wondering if you would include a link to my blog on your blog. I have put a link to your blog on mine. I have also highlighted your blog in an upcoming article for the NJMEA Journal - Tempo Magazine. I think your blog is great!
Thanks,
James Frankel
July 2, 2007 at 11:22 pm
Owen,
Thanks for your well wishes and keep up the great work on your blog!
-Jonathan
October 2, 2007 at 9:56 pm
Hi Owen,
I really enjoy hearing from you on Mustech.net. Joe has shared some of your projects and work with me and I am very impressed. I wanted to ask you if you have heard of the “Thummer”? I received a lengthy response on my last post - some Aussie transplat in Austin Texas who spent a great deal of time (albeit shamelessly) pimping “The Thummer”. At best it is an electronic musical instrument that has been merged with an X-Box game controller.
While his comments basically say music advocacy is a wasted effort, he says that this is the future of reaching people through music (I don’t quite agree…). However, there are some benefits here that could open some ears and minds. I immediately thought of your podcast about reaching the non-music student you did for Mustech.net. I included the link if you want to check it out (http://www.thummer.com). Thanks for your time, and best wishes with the rest of your marching band season!
Sincerely,
Travis J. Weller
http://www.myspace.com/travisjweller
http://tjweller.wordpress.com
November 24, 2007 at 3:28 am
Thanks so much for all your work on this blog, it’s amazing! I am a pre-service music teacher and I will try to incorporate some of your ideas in my student teaching and internships!
May 2, 2008 at 2:15 pm
Hi Owen,
I read about you in the SBO magazine, and then visited your blog. I am SO EXCITED to read your story, and to learn about the strides you are making in music education. I have my Masters in Music Ed., and although it was a wonderful education, it didn’t prepare me for the technological explosion that is happening in music today.
I am the band director for a small Catholic high school. I want to include music technology in my program. I know very little about it. Where do you advise I begin? I looked at all of your equipment, and it is scary, since it all looks so confusing. I haven’t seen any technology workshops advertised, and I’m afraid that self-education would be a waste for me.
I will continue to visit your blog, and the other music educators’. I want to keep my program vital and alive to students who don’t listen to traditional band music, but who want to make music anyway.
Thank you for your time,
Kristie Ossello
ossellok@haydenhigh.org