"We have no art, everything we do is art" (Nachmanovitch, 19)
When reading recently I came across the titled quote in Free Play. "We have no art, everything we do is art, " according to the Balinese. I really was effected by this quote in the sense that it is...
View ArticleEverything Truely is Art
I was thinking this weekend about the activity we did in class last week involving the beat and solfege cards. When I used this activity the goal was to re-create the song that the children had heard....
View Article"Galumphing"
In my reading of Nachmanovitch I came across the term, "Galumphing" (Nachmanovitch, 44). I have not been able to get this term out of my head the past few days, especially as I am coming up with my...
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I went to teach yesterday prepared to "galumph", although I knew my younger choir would not need too much help with being inexhaustibly energetic and excited. On the complete opposite end of the...
View ArticleMusic in San Diego
I have just returned from a leisure vacation in San Diego, California. Music was a constant as I traveled, being that I listened to my I-pod during the flight then of course turned on the radio while...
View ArticleTheme and Variations in the Practice Room
I was sitting in a practice room a few days ago at the music school where I teach waiting to meet with my boss. I had no "sheet music" or "vocal music"'to practice. For the past 10 years at least I...
View ArticleVocal Theme and Variations
During our last class meeting the comment was made that we don't really explore too much with vocal theme and variation. I had intended for the theme and variation I wrote to be played via computer or...
View ArticleEarth Group
Last week's scavenging activity has been the subject of my thought process as we forge forward in the creative process. Tae and I noticed right away the effect of the wind in regards to movements in...
View ArticleCreative Final Project Idea
The movement and sound exercise that we did the other day sparked another idea for what I may want to do for my final project. In the musicianship classes that I teach we are currently learning beats...
View ArticleUpdate on Final Project Process
Last week I began my final creative process project with my music students. It was a beautiful, sunny day on Thursday so I allowed the choir to take twenty minutes at the end of rehearsal and "play" on...
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