This is a story of a connection that spans time, continents, and generations. It started with a glance at my ‘others’ message box on facebook. You know, if you aren’t friends with someone (and yes, my security settings are that way inclined) then if they message you it stays hidden in this ‘other’ box without …
Month: September 2014
No such thing as a free lunch? (1-2 min read) Nope, they definitely got that one wrong. This is my story of the fantastic random act of kindness the fish lady bestowed on me yesterday… On Friday at the university where I work there was a sort of food fair, and besides all the free …
Over the past month I have had the privilege of going to both the University East Anglia and the University of the West of England to speak and give people the experience of learning through doing something new – playing music. The f2f interaction and the tactile experience is magic. I love it and would …
1 min read Just up! What makes a melody? It’s week two of MUS654 in Chichester (England), and the second session is here! … well on the link above (or via the dropdown menu), and it starts like this: Pitch is everywhere… How are pitch and melody related? Last week you we explored the experience …
(in response to the #ccourses question Why do you teach?) 1 min read This is me: I have always been hungry – hungry to learn, hungry to know and connect to people, and hungry for homemade chocolate chip cookies (I completely blame my sugar-coated childhood for that one). As for the question why? Why is one …
Day 1 of Connecting it all Up. …and how did it go?? It was absolutely liberating. Photo CC licensed. http://bit.ly/YAyfSs (I’ll learn how to cite these cleverly soon…) For the first sessions in my different lectures today I got the students to find all the course materials in their various online locations… and start tweeting! …
In MUS654 I should… CC licensed http://bit.ly/1uJ5JYN Respect what is going on with others. Listen, and observe. Comment when ready. Remember your Ps and Qs -For some reason that means please and thank you- as my mother would say… Decorum. be patient: with others and with yourself If you are unsure… …
The Mechanics of Sound Photo credit: http://bit.ly/1li0QG4 CC licensed. In this first topic we begin with a broad overview of sound in general and move to what you do on your instrument, looking at some of the mechanics of how and why. We need to begin with the everyday, to set a context before moving …
(1 min read) It’s Monday, school run time, running late – and a bit of idle chit-chat with the teaching assistant just closing the waist-high iron gate behind us and said: ‘Our biggest boy starts college this week. Can you believe it? Full time and he is only there two days a week. Full time?!’ …
Box photo credit: CC licensed http://bit.ly/1qAx7r4 Please sir, do not put me in a box. On the way to check out of my B&B accommodation this morning I found myself carrying rather a lot: overnight bag and the chunky wooly jumper in one hand, cello in the other, handbag slung across my body, …