Posts Tagged ‘Round Table’
Should We Teach Experimental Music to Children? Part 4
Saturday, December 4th, 2010
I believe that a student’s sense of authorship/ownership of the music they make comes largely from their unguarded enjoyment, discovery, and their very act of going for it. Organizations that are based on order and the subjugation of the individual for the supposed betterment of a group endeavor have no investment in individual authorship.
Should We Teach Experimental Music to Children? Part 3
Thursday, November 18th, 2010
For children, nothing is a problem if you present what you know as you know it and if you don’t try to oblige them with a detached attitude.
Should We Teach Experimental Music to Children? Part 2
Monday, October 4th, 2010
Improvisers are uniquely qualified to fill a void in an education system that is only becoming more obsessed with rigid standards, quantifiable results, hierarchies, standardization, institutionalization and systemization.
Should We Teach Experimental Music to Children? Part 1
Monday, September 27th, 2010
Integrating even minor concepts of improvisation early on can help prepare children for a wide range of situations later on. They might even be able to look at problematic situations as play.
What Does “Prolific” Mean? Part 3
Saturday, August 28th, 2010
How many pieces of the puzzle do we need? And, assuming we manage to acquire the requisite number, how long will it take us to listen to them, even just once?
What Does “Prolific” Mean? Part 2
Thursday, August 19th, 2010
Might the proliferation of sonic matter and dissemination point toward new understandings of music in general?