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My work on Sound Studies and Music Education
Here’s a short overview of my engagement with sound studies as a music educator in preparation for my participation in the virtual conference Sound, Meaning, Education: Conversations. I first learned of sound studies in 2005 via a review of Katz’s … Continue reading
Participatory Music in Japan (Orff Echo and Multimedia Journal of Music Education)
The Orff Echo recently published a short reflection I wrote on participatory music experiences from my family’s time in Japan (2014-17). I negotiated the right to post the final piece on my university’s scholarly repository, and so anyone can now … Continue reading
Online music lessons: a few exemplars
I teach a course in studio pedagogy at The Education University of Hong Kong. This spring, students in the course spent time identifying interesting or exemplary videos for learning piano or guitar. Some are excellent in terms of multimedia use, … Continue reading
The Suzuki Method’s Mediated Pedagogy
The Journal of Research in Music Education has published “Learning with Sound Recordings: A History of Suzuki’s Mediated Pedagogy.” In it, I draw attention to the ways that Suzuki’s pedagogic innovations are deeply enmeshed with media of sound recording. I also … Continue reading
Vocaloids and music learning
This week Koji Matsunobu and I will be sharing some preliminary work on vocaloids as a medium for music learning at the Asian Pacific Symposium for Music Education Research in Malaysia. Here are a few resources for those interested to … Continue reading
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Sound studies and music education
The Journal of Aesthetic Education has published my overview of sound studies for those working in music education. I review the basic texts, some of the work of those in music education, and pose a few questions. This article explores how … Continue reading
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Tagged music education, music education research, sound studies
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Participatory Music in Music Educators Journal
“Music Education for All through Participatory Ensembles,” [Open access version at UF Repository here] appears in the December 2015 issue of Music Educators Journal. The article presents ideas from my immersion in participatory music—in particular from a chance to learn alongside … Continue reading
Algorithms and Music Education [CMS/ATMI talk]
[Edit: Here’s the AEPR paper on algorithms and here’s a free post-print version of the paper] I presented at the 2013 College Music Society/Association for Technology in Music Instruction National Conference in Cambridge, MA. My talk was “Algorithms as Arbiters of … Continue reading
Music Education and Beck’s Song Reader
For those interested, my column on Nathaniel Braddock’s great Beck Song Reader class at the Old Town School of Folk Music is now out. Here’s a link to a free version (draft, pre-press), and there’s a version behind a Sage paywall here (free … Continue reading
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