Photo CC-BY-NC by Amber Case This week in #MUS654 I challenged people to explore how they listen by making a soundscape and seeing if others could figure out what or where it was. Last year I made this: Soundscape 2014 which tells a story… have a listen and see if you can guess it. I hope …
Are you out there? It’s that time again… time to join in with #MUS654! (photo CC-BY-NC by Eknath Gomphotherium) What is #MUS654?? A MOOC? – well yes and no. It is an open connected course. The idea was borne out of a basic and essential desire to learn, connect, and find the best resources (people and …
(3 min read) Yesterday I was involved with #tjc15, which is like a twitter book club except with journal articles. We discussed the 2011 article by Kop, Fournier, and Mak: A Pedagogy of Abundance or a Pedagogy to Support Human Beings? Participant Support on Massive Open Online Courses Typically I don’t do those things – …
Tomorrow’s the day. In the MUS654 session there are two interviews not to be missed. The first is with high school orchestra director, Frank Lestina, who has educated literally thousands of students across his 35 year career, followed by an interview with Hans Jensen, who is one of the most sought after cello teachers in …
Today in class we did something different: we drew. That wasn’t all we did, but it was a fantastic catalyst for the session and the students and I thought you might join us… The students came prepared to play something on their instruments and they knew that we were following up the MUS654 lesson on …
Five weeks in… already?! So how is it going? Are you finding your way? What are you getting from MUS654? My university students are drawing together a curriculum for a year’s musical tuition for a someone – the age, the level, the instrument is all up to them. You may be doing that too, or …
Session 4 is up and this week’s tasks are about connecting the dots. We hear perspectives from three different violinists (from L.A., Hawaii, and the UK) about how they connect their learning talking from Twinkle Twinkle to Paganini. Listen, explore, experiment… All the sessions are under the MUS654 tab: …or you could go …
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 …
MUS654 is an online version of a course taught at the University of Chichester. It is about considering and creating a year’s curriculum for a music student having private lessons. –on any instrument, voice, any style of music and for any age person. It is an individually guided, open course designed to be useful for …
photo CC licensed http://bit.ly/1pzxKNC MUS654 is a course to get you thinking about, around, with, and through all the things you do as a performer and as a teacher so that whenever it happens that you are teaching (or learning yourself) you have the tools to structure a supportive and full environment in which …