NY Times Opinion Piece: Why Do I Teach?
I enjoyed this short piece touching on the purpose of a college education, and a philosophy of teaching. The nut:
"We should judge teaching not by the amount of knowledge it passes on, but by the enduring excitement it generates."
Saturday, May 25, 2013
Saturday, May 4, 2013
Shortest Tonalization in the World
Turn a feeling into a sound.
That's it. Pick an emotion; imagine a sound that expresses that feeling; make that sound come out of your cello.
The feeling can be one you are actually experiencing, or one you just pull out of thin air. Print this list out and throw a dart at it if you want.
The sound can be a note, a smear of notes, or just noise, but just think of something that is somehow one sound rather than something that develops into a whole composition or improvisation.
A lot of practice is focused on developing skill. It is nice to start by connecting with expression.
That's it. Pick an emotion; imagine a sound that expresses that feeling; make that sound come out of your cello.
The feeling can be one you are actually experiencing, or one you just pull out of thin air. Print this list out and throw a dart at it if you want.
The sound can be a note, a smear of notes, or just noise, but just think of something that is somehow one sound rather than something that develops into a whole composition or improvisation.
A lot of practice is focused on developing skill. It is nice to start by connecting with expression.
like some help with contemporary music?
great blog series
This is a series by Tom Service, music writer for the British paper, The Guardian. Service features one composer from the last 100 years each week. Each post includes links to youtube clips of the works discussed as well as other relavent and interesting material to explore.
This is a series by Tom Service, music writer for the British paper, The Guardian. Service features one composer from the last 100 years each week. Each post includes links to youtube clips of the works discussed as well as other relavent and interesting material to explore.
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