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A Hybrid Curriculum Of Private And Group Lessons For College Clarinet & Saxophone Studio Instruction, John M. Cipolla Mar 2009

A Hybrid Curriculum Of Private And Group Lessons For College Clarinet & Saxophone Studio Instruction, John M. Cipolla

John M Cipolla

This model of teaching presents a curriculum that blends traditional one-on-one private college studio instruction on the clarinet and saxophone with small group lessons. Each student receives a weekly forty-minute private lesson and a twenty-minute group lesson. This hybrid model of teaching is an approach that, for the administrator, (1) increases student credit hour production because more students can be taught in fewer hours (2) addresses the increasing state pressure to reduce degree credit hours by including chamber music in the studio curriculum (3) supports retention efforts by helping freshmen acclimate to college through camaraderie developed in groups. And for …


Article: Phrasing...Speaking In Musical Sentences.Blue Grass News, Official Journal Of The Ky Music Educators Association, John M. Cipolla Jan 2009

Article: Phrasing...Speaking In Musical Sentences.Blue Grass News, Official Journal Of The Ky Music Educators Association, John M. Cipolla

John M Cipolla

Tips on the necessary skills for musicians to learn to play convincing phrases.


Review: New American Works For Clarinet, Vol. Ii, Featuring Clarinetists, Richard Stoltzman, Michele Gingras, And Kim Ellis, John M. Cipolla Jan 2009

Review: New American Works For Clarinet, Vol. Ii, Featuring Clarinetists, Richard Stoltzman, Michele Gingras, And Kim Ellis, John M. Cipolla

John M Cipolla

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