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Tuning Into The Future: Sharing Initial Insights About The 2012 Musical Futures Pilot Project In Ontario, Betty Anne Younker, Ruth Wright, Leslie Linton, Carol Beynon
Tuning Into The Future: Sharing Initial Insights About The 2012 Musical Futures Pilot Project In Ontario, Betty Anne Younker, Ruth Wright, Leslie Linton, Carol Beynon
Ruth Wright Dr
This article reports on a pilot research project introducing informal music pedagogy developed by Professor Lucy Green to two Ontario schools. Developed from the observed learning practices of popular musicians, the pedagogy locates production and development of musical knowledge firmly with the students. The research team's initial training visit to the UK is reported upon. The research questions and methodology for the project are presented and some initial observations from the early stages of the Canadian implementation project are discussed.
The Birth Of Kd Lang’S Hallelujah Out Of The ‘Spirit Of Music’: Performing Desire And ‘Recording Consciousness’ On Facebook And Youtube, Babette Babich
The Birth Of Kd Lang’S Hallelujah Out Of The ‘Spirit Of Music’: Performing Desire And ‘Recording Consciousness’ On Facebook And Youtube, Babette Babich
Babette Babich
The Hallelujah Effect on the Internet The initial focus of this essay, apart from important preliminary references to Leonard Cohen is on kd lang, not as composer (although she is one) but musical performer and not as guitarist (although she is one) but as a singer and although her live performances have to make all the difference, very specifically, for the sake of any analysis, specifically as her singing is available in video format on YouTube. Of course there are many readings of kd lang and popular music, and of course most of them focus on the way she dresses, …
Postmodern Musicology, Babette Babich
Postmodern Musicology, Babette Babich
Babette Babich
The discipline of musicology is a rather specificially 20th century institution growing out of a disparate range of 19th century studies of music theory, history, composition, etc. The OED edition extant at the time of the writing of this article dates the term musicology itself to 1909 or later. Although there are indeed practitioners throughout the world, most theorists are Anglo-American, with echoes in the French tradition of musicologie and German Musikwissenschaft. As a still-modern project, postmodern musicology derives from a predominantly Austro-German generation of scholars who translated an originally European tradition of analysis (Heinrich Schenker and -- in …
Professor Juan ‘Johnny’ Pedraza Ramos: Filipino, Musician… My Tutor, My Mentor By Ramon Cf Cuervo Iii, Emmanuel Mario B. Santos Aka Marc Guerrero, Ramon Cf Cuervo Iii
Professor Juan ‘Johnny’ Pedraza Ramos: Filipino, Musician… My Tutor, My Mentor By Ramon Cf Cuervo Iii, Emmanuel Mario B. Santos Aka Marc Guerrero, Ramon Cf Cuervo Iii
Emmanuel Mario B Santos aka Marc Guerrero
Realtor Ramon CF Cuervo III pays tribute to a fellow Opus Dei, music professor Juan Johnny Ramos.
Choreographing (Against) Coup Culture: Reconciliation And Cross-Cultural Performance In The Fiji Islands, Kevin Miller
Choreographing (Against) Coup Culture: Reconciliation And Cross-Cultural Performance In The Fiji Islands, Kevin Miller
Kevin C. Miller
No abstract provided.
Pedagogical Techniques And Student Outcomes In Applied Instrumental Lessons Taught By Experienced And Pre-Service American Music Teachers., Kimberly Councill, J. Henninger, P. Flowers
Pedagogical Techniques And Student Outcomes In Applied Instrumental Lessons Taught By Experienced And Pre-Service American Music Teachers., Kimberly Councill, J. Henninger, P. Flowers
Kimberly H Councill
The purpose of the study was to examine the effect of teacher experience on student progress and performance quality in an introductory applied lesson. Nine experienced teachers and 15 pre-service teachers taught an adult beginner to play ‘Mary Had a Little Lamb’ on a wind instrument. The lessons were videotaped for subsequent analysis of teaching behaviors and performance achievement. Following instruction, a random sample of teachers was interviewed about their perceptions of the lesson. A panel of adjudicators rated final pupil performances. No significant difference was found between pupils taught by experienced and pre-service teachers in the quality of their …
The Eminence Front, Andrew Blitman
The Eminence Front, Andrew Blitman
Andrew Blitman
Thirty years ago, a British rock band called The Who made a profound statement. Following the unexpected death of legendary drummer Keith Moon in 1980, Who guitarist and composer Pete Townshend entered a long period of mourning and reflection. Out of this epoch of uncertainty for the band emerged a musical gem, the likes of which never seen before or since. “Eminence Front”, the premiere single of the 1982 album It’s Hard, represents the insight gained from the intense feelings of loss associated with Moon’s demise. And, that knowledge bears enormous implications for the ways of the individual and for …
The Effects Of Harmonic Accompaniment On The Top Improvisations Of Students In First Through Sixth Grade, Denise Guilbault-Langworthy
The Effects Of Harmonic Accompaniment On The Top Improvisations Of Students In First Through Sixth Grade, Denise Guilbault-Langworthy
Denise Guilbault-Langworthy
The purpose of this research was to examine the effects of harmonic accompaniment on the tonal improvisations of elementary school students. Specifically, this study was designed to (a) determine if the addition of a root melody accompaniment to song instruction affects the implied harmonic changes and harmonic rhythm in the tonal improvisations of students in first through sixth grade and (b) determine whether age affects the tonal improvisation scores of students in first through sixth grade. Results indicated that students who received song instruction with root melody accompaniment received significantly higher tonal improvisation rating scores than those students who did …
Precedent Or Preference? Music Recommender Systems And The Challenge Of Genre, Jason Neal
Precedent Or Preference? Music Recommender Systems And The Challenge Of Genre, Jason Neal
Jason R. Neal
With the advent of user-generated content and the capabilities of current information and communication technologies, indexing and retrieval tools for music should facilitate discovery that transcends genre boundaries. Nonetheless, they still privilege genre as the primary mode of categorization. Even recommender systems, which utilize other measures to determine similarity, give the appearance of drawing upon genre. By examining the ambiguous boundaries and definitions of genres, the contexts in which indexing and retrieval tools for music have developed, and the roles played by music at individual and societal levels, this paper considers alternative traits that could act as indicators of “similarity.”
Beyond Genre: Rethinking Music Organization And Recommendation, Jason Neal
Beyond Genre: Rethinking Music Organization And Recommendation, Jason Neal
Jason R. Neal
No abstract provided.