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Math and Music Conversations
Yesterday I had the pleasure of sitting down with another teacher to talk about a seminar she is teaching about the intersection between Math and Music. We talked about music theory and how she sees patterns both in music and math. I found myself listening and becoming more inspired to explore Pythagorean ideas surrounding tuning…
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Remembering a brass quintet recording – Drei Stücke
I was going through some files recently and came across an old program for a concert I played with a brass quintet. There were two big pieces on the program and both were pieces were obscure to me. The one I ended up looking for online was a piece by Stefan Hakenberg named Drei Stücke.…
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Nasa postpones ‘mission to the Sun’
Nasa postpones ‘mission to the Sun’ https://snapzuscience.wordpress.com/2018/08/11/nasa-postpones-mission-to-the-sun/ — Read on snapzuscience.wordpress.com/2018/08/11/nasa-postpones-mission-to-the-sun/ Can’t believe we can do something like this. Touching the sun! Crazy and awesome.
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The Composition Game
I was recently asked to participate in a pilot program connecting me with an artist of the same discipline to work with me and coach me achieve an important next step in my career. My peer mentor and I talked about using music composition as a way of stretching out to meet some artistic goals.…
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Blogger’s Block? Here’s How to Beat it
Blogger’s Block? Here’s How to Beat it http://cristianmihai.net/2018/07/15/bloggers-block-heres-how-to-beat-it/ — Read on cristianmihai.net/2018/07/15/bloggers-block-heres-how-to-beat-it/ This was a good read and a reminder to keep working.
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Give these two a listen…
Toward the end of the school year, a few of us were sharing cool music and videos of performances we thought were really cool. Even after the end of the school year, I find myself looking up these videos and listening to some of these performances. Here are two that stood out and are still…
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Rabbit Hole and then Jennifer Hudson…
Sometimes I start listening to music and looking up different videos, just to see if I find something new and interesting. This time I landed on Jennifer Hudson. I must have listened to this about five or six times. Her inflections and phrasing are simple and beautiful. The kind of music making that makes me…
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Things Students Say and Drizzical
After watching my colleague work herself silly conducting, planning and teaching the all-school musical, I came to a stark realization. The end of the school year can make us feel crazy like everything is closing up on all of us, students, teachers, and administrators. I’ve been especially loopy lately and so have my advisory students.…
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Identity and Representation
Little over a month ago I ran into a former student at a performance. As we caught up with one another, he mentioned conversations or topics we had explored a few times years ago. We discussed the idea of what it feels like when you feel like you don’t really, fully, belong where you are.…
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Interesting Week of Thoughts
When I share something that is linked somehow to popular culture, it’s often because “I am late to the party”, but still want to participate. In this case I may still be late to this party, however, I can’t shake how I felt after watching Black Panther. My insights won’t offer anything new to the…
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