126- Hip hop music education with Courtney Powers

I met Courtney virtually at the International Music Education Summit.  We were both presenters, and after attending her session, I knew I needed to have her on the podcast.  Courtney has such a heart and passion for teaching her students and they absolutely love her music classes.  She has a unique way of making music education relevant to her students.  One of the things I love hearing her talk about is hip hop music education and that's exactly what we're talking about in today's episode, as well as much, much, more. 

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Courtney Powers is the Music Director at South Philadelphia High School in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Originally from a small rural town in Kansas she began playing French horn in middle school and came to Berklee by way of Cowley County Community College in Arkansas City outside of Wichita. She graduated from Berklee in 2007 with a Bachelor’s Degree in Music Education and from Villanova in 2015 with a Master of Arts in Education.

In her 12 years of teaching she has had a wide ranging experience in urban schools that have taken her from Massachusetts to Texas and Pennsylvania while working in schools and community bands and choruses. She has extended her teaching to include modern band, guitar and ukulele, drama and general music classes. Courtney is a VH1-Save the Music grant facilitator and a 2020 Grammy Music Educator Semi Finalist.

Connect with Courtney here:

On Instagram @ms.powers_musicedu 

On Facebook at Courtney Powers

On YouTube at Ms. Powers Music Edu

Check out this website mentioned in the episode: whosampled.com