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ASU Summer Music Institute Technology Courses Begin June 8!

Summer Music Technology Workshops start June 8th! See the entire set of offerings on this flyer and a list of technology workshops below. Register for CEUs or Graduate credit! 2015 ASU Summer Music Institute Addressing Standards with Technology: Connecting and Responding Evan Tobias, Instructor Music W225                             June 8-12        M-F                 12:45-3:45 pm Graduate credit line # 46259 or CEU registration Description: Looking for strategies to integrate connecting and responding in your music program? Learn how to use technology… Read More »ASU Summer Music Institute Technology Courses Begin June 8!

Participatory and digital cultures in practice: Perspectives and possibilities in a graduate music course

Tobias, E. S. (2015). Participatory and digital cultures in practice: Perspectives and possibilities in a graduate music course. International Journal of Community Music, 8(1), 7-26. doi: 10.1386/ijcm.8.1.7_1 My article Participatory and digital cultures in practice: Perspectives and possibilities in a graduate music course is now available in International Journal of Community Music. Thanks to guest editor Janice Waldron, this issue of IJCM was a special issue on participatory culture. The abstract is below: Music educators seeking to address contemporary society… Read More »Participatory and digital cultures in practice: Perspectives and possibilities in a graduate music course

From musical detectives to DJs: Expanding aural skills and analysis through engaging popular music and culture

Tobias, E. S. (2015). From musical detectives to DJs: Expanding aural skills and analysis through engaging popular music and culture. General Music Today, 28(3), 23-27. doi: 10.1177/1048371314558293 My article From musical detectives to DJs: Expanding aural skills and analysis through engaging popular music and culture is now published. Here is the abstract: Many music educators address aural skills and analysis by drawing on strategies designed for the realm of Western classical music. Focusing solely on aural skills and analysis within… Read More »From musical detectives to DJs: Expanding aural skills and analysis through engaging popular music and culture

The ASU 2015 Summer Music Institute

The music education department at Arizona State University is known for its diverse offerings and attention to contemporary issues in music education. Our Summer Music Institute offers additional opportunities for music educators to gain professional development and be part of a wonderful teaching and learning community. The ASU Summer Music Institute is flexible around music educators’, graduate or undergraduate students’ and community members’ needs and summer schedules by addressing a large number of interests in varied increments of 1 week,… Read More »The ASU 2015 Summer Music Institute

Blurred lines, forensic musicology, and music

[updated 3/17/15] Musicologists, and more specifically forensic musicology, are receiving some attention in the mainstream press lately over the lawsuit regarding whether Robin Thicke and Pharell Williams violated copyright law by essentially creating music substantially similar to Marvin Gaye’s music without permission or providing royalties to Gaye’s estate. (To make a long story short, jurors found Thicke and Williams guilty.) You might be interested in musicologist Joe Bennett’s analysis and commentary on the issue. I’m more interested here in the… Read More »Blurred lines, forensic musicology, and music