value of music beyond its natural entertainment context. However, by
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its very nature, music meets people where they are as human beings
Insights from Wattle Plains. Paper presented at the Australian
and offers limitless opportunities for intellectual, spiritual, and
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community growth. Music tells the story of people. Music is a method
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pursuit of new ways to connect to student schemata of
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Edward Varner has been an educator, musician, freelance
percussionist, actor, and arts education specialist and
advocate for more than 25 years. He has taught award
winning K-12 music programs in California, Nevada, and
Washington, presented workshops for the International
Reading Association, National Association for Elementary
School Principals, Hawaii International Conference on Education,
Washington State OSPI, and led many district in-services. He provided seven
years of arts leadership as the supervisor of music and art education for the
Great Falls Public Schools in Great Falls, MT and is currently the Director of
Visual and Performing Arts for the Milton Hershey School in Hershey, PA.
Ed completed the Master’s Degree in Educational Administration in 2005 from
the University of British Columbia and is pursuing doctoral studies.
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