Eric Booth

Seeking Definition: What is a Teaching Artist?

Nineteen colleagues try to define the attributes that distinguish the Teaching Artist from other arts-in-education practitioners.

Thoughts on Seeing El Sistema

A visit to Venezuelas far-reaching and forward-looking society-wide youth-orchestra system.

El Sistema's Open Secrets.

ABSTRACT Leading arts educator Eric Booth argues that to successfully duplicate Venezuelas national youth orchestra program in the U.S. one must import much more than structure and curriculum.

Something's Happening: Teaching Artistry Is Having a Growth Spurt.

ABSTRACT Eric Booth cites concrete evidence of the growth and maturity of the teaching artist field and points a way forward.

Five Encounters With “El Sistema” International: A Venezuelan Marvel Becomes a Global Movement

ABSTRACT A comparative look at the now global El Sistema community orchestra program/movement.

The Most Ambitious TA Training Ever? Launching MusicianCorps

ABSTRACT A close look at the launching of MusicianCorps and the training models behind it.

Notes From the Music and the New Musicians Conference in Scotland

Abstract Glimpses of what music learning can become in a committed nation.