I was delighted to see that today’s Wall Street Journal feature article on the return of improvisation to classical music performance and the training of classical musicians features what my DePauw University improvisation students are doing. Several photos of DePauw students in action, and video footage from DePauw, are included in the online version.
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Gottagopractice commented on the previous post that she’d like to actually hear something. Well, the whole “Just Musicking” concert was recorded. As soon as I get permission from the students, I’ll post links to the MP3 files. Meanwhile, I’m trying to demonstrate respect for intellectual property rights for the students.
And this [...]
Ah, spring break. After eight weeks of classes in this spring semester, my DePauw students–and I–are exhausted.
In the midst of exhausting outselves, though, we’ve done some interesting things. The members of my “Improvised Chamber Music” class put on a performance Tuesday evening. They chose 9:30 PM as a starting time, as [...]
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