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Audience Participation: A Digital Multimedia Concert Experience

Tonight I will be participating as a live blogging audience member at the “An E-volution of Experience, From Andriessen 2 Zappa: Ecstasy of Influence” concert at Arizona State University.   The concert will include multiple options for audience members ranging from the traditional sitting and listening to receiving play by play text messages during the performance. This format has some fascinating implications for school music programs and collaborative possibilities between students in ensembles and those in general music classes. If you… Read More »Audience Participation: A Digital Multimedia Concert Experience

Welcome Back To School…

Welcome back to those of you recently returning to teaching after a hopefully relaxing summer, and those of you who have been in school for the past few weeks, I hope your year is off to a great start. I’ve been extremely busy with classes, reading, research etc., but in celebration of evening temperatures creeping below 100 degrees and a wonderful short burst of rain a couple of minutes ago  I figured I’d write a quick post. I was excited… Read More »Welcome Back To School…

Temporary Hiatus and some changes….

Sorry about the recent hiatus. I am currently in the process of moving to Arizona to join the music education faculty at Arizona State University and am spending all of my remaining time writing papers and reading an exceedingly growing number of books and articles. I’m also preparing for some upcoming presentations.  I’m off to Bologna in two weeks to attend the International Society for Music Education Conference and present a paper regarding popular culture and music ed. In September… Read More »Temporary Hiatus and some changes….

CC Mixter being sold……

Creative Commons’s decision to sell CC mixter (an online remix community) might be cause for alarm, though it could also lead to a new and improved version of the site. The concept behind CC Mixter and resources it offers have important implications for music education. It provides both a space and means for legal remixing as well as a window into the many different ways a piece of music can be varied and remixed through the iterations shared on the… Read More »CC Mixter being sold……

Perspectives on Approaches to Music Theory…..

The Texas Tech Music Theory Department blog has some recent posts with interesting perspectives of ways to approach approaches music theory classes. They are definitely worth reading, especially for those of you who teach High School level music theory classes. The first post discusses two main philosophical approaches being discussed in their department. The second post includes some great questions to consider. I found the end of the post particularly exciting. Three philosophical orientations are presented as alternatives to traditional… Read More »Perspectives on Approaches to Music Theory…..