Evert's World of Music

We live in an era focused on the visual. At least, that is what I am told regularly. Some of my colleague music educators use this dominance...

I discovered this week that I like Dolly Parton. She made a couple of bluegrass cd’s. I have now heard the first one, ”The Grass is Blue” (1...

When I ride home on my bike in the afternoon, I pass a supermarket. There is always, regardless the weather, an accordionist playing near th...

When you are working in music education there is a big chance that at some point you will find yourself entangled in a discussion on formal...

Have you ever heard of Seaman Dan? I stumbled on him listening to a cd of Australian aboriginal music – the Rough Guide to Australian Aborig...

Students asked me the other day if I could not teach a class on Dutch music. They will soon leave for a week in Portugal, doing an internati...

The month of December was filled with snow and ice. January was rather soft and now, early February, spring is in the air. Don’t worry, thi...