Monthly Archives: March 2012

I will present this week at the National Association for Music Education conference, part of the Philosophy Special Research Interest Group. As the theme is media, my initial five-minute allotment will be filled by playing the following video, which will … Continue reading →

Music Education Research has just published an article of mine on creative rights, “From compliance to creative rights in music education: rethinking intellectual property in the age of new media.” In the article, I discuss changes in creativity, content, and … Continue reading →

I recently visited Northwestern University, where I shared a paper with the famed doctoral seminar at CSEME. The paper, “Ubiquitous music learning in a postperformance word” is my contribution to The place of music in the 21st century: The one hundred-eleventh … Continue reading →

Postmarks is a newsletter that goes to friends and parents of currently enrolled UIUC students. The spring 2012 issue has a wonderful short piece on Designing Musical Experiences/the Homebrew Ukulele Union. The author, Dusty Rhodes, really gets the ideas of … Continue reading →

The April issue of General Music Today has a focus on creativity and composition. For my column, I present a simple improvisation for a duo at the piano, which I relate to games as John Dewey spoke of them, and what … Continue reading →