Homework: Record Effect reading

One of my absolute favorite pieces by one of the best music writers currently working (Alex Ross, music critic for the New Yorker) is a review of books looking at recorded music:
http://www.therestisnoise.com/2005/05/music_and_machi.html
Please read this article before class on Tuesday. For us, the issue is making sense of the impact recording makes upon music (and music [...]

Homework: Read Alex Ruthmann’s piece for next Tuesday

Alex Ruthmann, Professor of Music Education at the University of Indiana (Terra Haute) will be presenting in class next week. We’ll be hearing about digital technologies in class, and there will be a presentation (with food!) at 5 p.m. in room 1172 where he’ll discuss his approach to the musical adaptation of the Writers Workshop [...]

Readings/Watchings for next Tuesday: Lessig and Sibelius

Lawrence Lessig’s Free Culture

One aspect of music education and culture today that does not receive enough attention is intellectual property. Broadly speaking, I believ that there are nearly insurmountable tensions between intellectual property/content holders, and educators.
To begin our work in this area, you have a big reading assignment for Tuesday. Luckily, what you will read [...]

Required Reading: watch Sibelius videos before Tuesday, Sept 11

Well, ‘reading’ isn’t exactly the right term, but to prepare for our more in-depth exploration of Sibelius, watch these six short videos before class on Tuesday. You can choose to watch them in the lab, where you’ll have access to the program, or at home (you don’t need to have the program to benefit).
The goal [...]

first reading assignment

Here is your first to reading assignment:
1. “Playing digital:Music instruction for the next generation“
Please read the whole article and post a comment before Tuesday’s class. Here’s your prompt (please address both parts in your post):
1. What part of the article do most agree with? Is there something you strongly disagree with?
2. How was music [...]