Pedagogical question this week: How many of you out there in Theoryland incorporate what the students are doing in lessons/ensembles on a regular basis? I’m always looking for ways to do that. I… more →
Walk In Brainwrote 4 months ago: Pedagogical question this week: How many of you out there in Theoryland incorporate what the student … more →
wrote 4 months ago: For today, since Conference Submission Deadlines are approaching, I thought I’d throw it open … more →
wrote 5 months ago: I have submitted – and am optimistic that it will come to pass – a proposal for a new co … more →
wrote 7 months ago: There may be more to this tomorrow, though tomorrow is an insanely long day and I don’t know i … more →
wrote 8 months ago: The local PBS station (which seems to be very good) has been showing the Metropolitan Opera’s … more →
wrote 9 months ago: I’ve taught one session of every class I will be teaching this semester. So far so good, thoug … more →
wrote 9 months ago: I’m teaching Theory I, Theory III, and Form and Analysis this semester. Since the Theory III k … more →
wrote 1 year ago: (This has also been posted on my Facebook timeline. I’d like to bring it over here as well.) O … more →
wrote 1 year ago: (Heh. I guess this qualifies as a Theory Thursday.) Kind of a metaphysical moment today in Form and … more →
wrote 1 year ago: Nothing much to say here – by this time next week, I’ll be at the annual meeting of the … more →
wrote 1 year ago: I’ve been thinking more and more about the theory curriculum and how it is structured. Nothing … more →
wrote 1 year ago: Although I might live to regret mentioning this in case any potential employers find the blog, there … more →
wrote 1 year ago: Continuing with the theme launched in Tuba-Euphonium Tuesday this week, I decided to make a list of … more →
wrote 1 year ago: Though I guess this is technically more composition than theory… I’ve been thinking abou … more →
wrote 1 year ago: I wanted to finally post on Michael Cherlin’s Schoenberg’s Musical Imagination (Cambridg … more →
wrote 1 year ago: A friend (Dr. Mike Berry, formerly of Texas Tech) has started a new blog entitled Listening to 20th- … more →
wrote 1 year ago: For the restarting of Theory Thursday, I thought I’d post my dissertation abstract and one cha … more →