Do we really say what we mean? Do we really mean what we say? The music in our speech and our body language carry additional information that is not delivered in the text we speak. Cultural difference… more →
Michael Klinghofferwrote 5 months ago: Do we really say what we mean? Do we really mean what we say? The music in our speech and our body l … more →
wrote 5 months ago: To David Murray Last August at the Bass 2012 convention in Copenhagen, the double bass virtuoso and … more →
wrote 5 months ago: This season, the JCCO together with soloists from JAMD will be performing highlights from George Biz … more →
wrote 6 months ago: I love teaching The History Of Western Music class. This course is a one year survey for students wh … more →
wrote 6 months ago: The last video in the DriveADoubleBass series went on the air. I have received many nice comments an … more →
wrote 6 months ago: To Ryoko Baba Music has always been a part of man’s life. In ancient times, even before anyone … more →
wrote 11 months ago: In the last lesson of our class, Teaching is an Art, we did a little exercise in perception: I was s … more →
wrote 11 months ago: To Racheli Galay Cellist Anner Bylsma wrote in his book, Bach, the Fencing Master, that children lik … more →
wrote 11 months ago: The subject of quality is a reoccurring motif in the discussions. You hear about quality everywhere … more →
wrote 12 months ago: I am not a great chess player, but I like the game. People like to play chess with me because I usua … more →
wrote 1 year ago: As I was suggesting a new exercise the other day, one of the students asked: Why do we need to do it … more →
wrote 1 year ago: In our last lesson, we watched the film Tous les matins du monde (All the mornings in the world) sta … more →
wrote 1 year ago: To Leland Means Early in my career I was teaching a high school student whose main interest was visu … more →
wrote 1 year ago: The workshop on Creativities in Practice at the Musiclearninglive conference was one of my favorite … more →
wrote 1 year ago: Spring is here and we wish you Happy Easter and Happy Passover. Here is the second movement from Sch … more →
wrote 1 year ago: Spring is here and we wish you Happy Easter and Happy Passover. Here is the first movement from Schu … more →
wrote 1 year ago: In Memoriam Mark Kopytman A few months ago, Mark Kopytman passed away. Prof. Kopytman was one of Isr … more →
wrote 1 year ago: Musiclearninglive 2012 conference in London was a great experience. It was wonderful to meet all the … more →
wrote 1 year ago: Psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi calls it FLOW, and I have already mentioned in an earlier post … more →