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pauldow123 wrote 8 months ago: exam poster … more →

kevinwt wrote 9 months ago: After some consideration I am going to flip-flop and cast my vote for plan ‘B’. I am mos … more →

teaching diary 01/28/09a: Plan A or…

han wrote 9 months ago: As discussed today, we need to decide what we’re doing this term. The current option is ‘Plan A’—to … more →

Tags: Teaching Diary, idiom, conduction, cueing, score-making, game pieces, Style, tradition

the art (craft? science? magic?) of ending1 comment

owensutton wrote 10 months ago: Hi guys, Just wanted to write a quick blog entry after listening to the art of ending pieces that Ha … more →

marking criteria December 20082 comments

han wrote 12 months ago: update 26–Nov–08: change “pass (40+ grade)” to “3rd (45-49)”. Here’s my take on our marking criteria … more →

Tags: Resources, Assessment, marking criteria

marking criteria 2006

han wrote 1 year ago: For your reference, here is the marking criteria that the Safety First class used in 2006. This is f … more →

Tags: Resources, Assessment, marking criteria

Thanks...

blackmudorchestra wrote 1 year ago: Thanks Han for posting the class diaries as you have done so far.. I thought they were really helpfu … more →

teaching diary 05/11/08… or the lack of

han wrote 1 year ago: I’m a little snowed under with another project and will unfortunately have to bow out of doing a ful … more →

Tags: Teaching Diary, Resources, Stet Lab, Anthony Braxton, evan parker, Marilyn Crispell, Gerry Hemingway, charles hayward, Marian Murray

Regarding band practice...3 comments

kevinwt wrote 1 year ago: Basically, I am free Monday before 2 and after 3.30 Tuesday after 2.30 Thursday after 2.30 Friday af … more →

teaching diary 29/10/08: the art of ending1 comment

han wrote 1 year ago: We tackled two major elements during this class: getting to get the class to crit how to end and imp … more →

Tags: Teaching Diary, responsibilities, derek bailey, agency, audience, Control?, ending, criticism, Preparation

Bonus DVD Commentary2 comments

kevinwt wrote 1 year ago: I feel I should put a disclaimer here that I don’t generally think through improvising strateg … more →

commentary: Campbell & Park (Brighton, 11-28-07)

han wrote 1 year ago: Moment-by-moment commentary of a group (in this case duo) improvisation as promised. BTW, yours do n … more →

Tags: Teaching Diary, idiom, leap off the edge, agency, cecil taylor, tony oxley, Beginnings, Endings, Murray Campbell

teaching diary 22/10/08: how to begin1 comment

han wrote 1 year ago: as a contrast (?) to Oxley-Taylor …we do very self-aware improvisations. (…or is it really as big a … more →

Tags: Teaching Diary, Choices, agency, cecil taylor, tony oxley, Control?, Beginnings, Consequences, contrasts

"Everything is possible. Nothing is real."

blackmudorchestra wrote 1 year ago: must say i liked the ‘lecture’, in the sense that a lot of valid points were made, quite … more →

Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy)

kevinwt wrote 1 year ago: Playing with this strategy in mind seems to facilitate both the energetic playing that came with let … more →

teaching diary 15/10/08: towards tactical improvisations1 comment

han wrote 1 year ago: general comments I did a little too much of a lecture in class (I suspect the desire to play more an … more →

Tags: Teaching Diary, interaction, responsibilities, identity, idiom, Perception, Listening, agency, cecil taylor

08/10/08: group improvisative performance as a culinary exercise

han wrote 1 year ago: Andrea invents a class dinner as a metaphor as a way to theorize group improvisative performance. I … more →

Tags: Teaching Diary, interaction, identity, Novel, Context, agency, consensus, Diplomacy, difference

anywhere else but here2 comments

blackmudorchestra wrote 1 year ago: the feeling i got right after the third class was of weird sense of misplacement, like being very cl … more →

teaching diary 08/10/08: diplomacy4 comments

han wrote 1 year ago: play Felt the group played well. Nothing specific to add other than we’re quicker off the mark … more →

Tags: Teaching Diary, identity, call and response, Listening, cecil taylor, tony oxley, consensus, Diplomacy, Habits


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