Paced Thoughts…
- Reflexive Agility December 11, 2020
- #MaslowBeforeBloom October 22, 2020
- The Inspiration We Receive (and maybe provide) August 20, 2020
- Dear Diary, today I learned… June 8, 2020
- #MaximumCreativity February 17, 2020
Quick Thoughts…
- 7 years ago there’s was an idea…what we brought together musicians from across programs and gave them creative spac… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… 10 months ago
- Reflection point recently (specifically related to education)…when considering the teaching &/or learning process,… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… 11 months ago
- Fantastic day of authentic reflection and celebrating the creative process! twitter.com/ASUMusicLT/sta… 11 months ago
- Meaning making of the world around us, where overlaps & borders exist in our #MusicEd space, is more important than… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… 1 year ago
- The most common & accessibly activity in our traditional #MusicEd learning spaces 4 a variety of reasons, but there… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… 1 year ago
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What makes a tuba a tuba?
October 17, 2013 Leave a comment
What makes a band a band? What makes a choir a choir? What makes an orchestra an orchestra? What makes music music? What makes… As I continue to travel this glorious rabbit hole called a PhD, I am constantly challenged on my beliefs and understandings of what music is, what being a musician is, what being a music educator is, and the complex relationship between each of these. The identity I have as a band director only encapsulates a small portion of my musical being. It is where I am most historically associated in music practice and it is where I’ve spent much of my professional career, but it cannot and does not represent all of my thoughts.
Often, musicians are categorized into five distinct fields that one must identify with: band, choir, orchestra, other (including popular, world, etc.), or not a musician. Unfortunately, our way of knowing and experiencing music as a part of being human does not fit neatly into any 1 of these categories. My journey through this rabbit hole often leads me to question who I am.
As an educator, I am curious what process our students go through in defining their own relationship with music. Are they as conflicted in trying to fit into a prescribed box, or do they even recognize that boxes exist? Do they struggle to identify their relationship with music? Is that even a concern for them, or does music just exists as a part of them and they never question it?
As I move further into this hole, I am excited to find more questions about music… more question about my identity as a musician… more questions about my identity as a music educator… more questions about student perspectives on their own identity… more questions about…
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