What Is Musicianship?
Posted on Dec 4, 2009
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Filed under: ear training, Kodály, Musicianship, Solfège, Teaching
Anyone who has studied music at a conservatory or college level has taken an ear training class typically called “Musicianship.” This is where we train our ears to recognize intervals and chord qualities, learn how to perform melodies and rhythms accurately at sight and practice writing down musical examples upon hearing them. I wonder if, bogged...
Read MoreSeán Deibler, 1947-2009
Posted on Oct 12, 2009
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Filed under: Friends, Kodály, Magyar Vonatkozású, Philadelphia, Seán Deibler, Teachers
My college teacher, mentor and great friend ever since then, Seán Deibler passed away on August 19th. Most of what is important enough to me to write about on this blog can, in one way or another, be traced back to my 24-year association with him. He was a conductor, a singer, a clarinetist, a composer, a teacher, a motivational speaker, a clown, a...
Read MoreJust a Miscellaneous Update
Posted on Oct 9, 2009
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Filed under: Current Work, Friends, Kodály, Magyar Vonatkozású, Solfège, Teachers, Teaching
Well, I’ve let this blog languish for so long, I’m not sure I can resuscitate it. In the past I’ve come out of such lulls by throwing together bullet lists of little catch-up items. So, let’s try that… Composing I haven’t done much composing since my string quartet work City Walks was premiered in May, but I’m now...
Read MoreThe Case for Movable “Do” in Classroom Ear Training
Posted on Feb 4, 2009
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Filed under: ear training, featured, fixed do, Kodály, movable do, Musicianship, Sight Singing, Solfège, Teaching
Against my better judgment, I’m jumping into the fray regarding methods used in the teaching of sight singing. Normally I try to stay away from such conflicts, but I can only take so much disparagement of my beloved Movable Do system. The last straw is the discovery of this web site, which contains misleading information designed to promote the sale of a...
Read MoreKodály Speaks
Posted on Jan 9, 2008
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Filed under: Hungarian, Kodály, Magyar Vonatkozású, Teaching, Video
This may be of interest to very few regulars, but here it is for the future Kodály googler. More YouTube trolling has turned up this footage of Zoltán Kodály himself interviewed on Hungarian Television in 1953. It was around this time that the ideas about music education he had been putting out in his writings for decades were just starting to be put into...
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