Pedagogy, Professional Development |
Today’s post is by guest contributor Simon Boyar. Based out of New York, Simon is a world renowned percussion artist and the owner and founder of Boyar Music Studios in Westchester, NY. An accomplished solo artist, producer, composer/arranger, and educator, Boyar’s talent’s stretch across the music industry.
Listening Coordination
The ability to comfortably hear and respond to multiple voices/ideas during a musical performance: In music, listening skills are everything. We tend to work on them primarily from a personal perspective. However, once listening skills are on a solid path of development from the individual’s perspective we must then begin to consider listening coordination between players on a larger scale. This is something that is not often thoroughly examined. In today’s environment of excellent chamber music writing for percussion, listening coordination between players is possibly one of the most important skills to master. (more…)
Professional Development |
This has been a busy week. PASIC 2014 is over and it was great to catch up with everyone. Above is a photo of my good friend Tom Burritt at the Innovative Percussion booth. I am also extremely excited to announce that I am joining the Yamaha Corporation of America as the Percussion Product Manager. I am looking forward to the possibilities this brings me and my family. At this point, I don’t know what this means for my blog, but I hope to continue posting regularly. Have a great week and Happy Thanksgiving.
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Check It Out, Professional Development |
Every year in November, the Percussive Arts Society hosts PASIC (Percussive Arts Society International Convention). PASIC is the largest percussion event in the world featuring over 120 concerts, clinics, master classes, labs, workshops, panels and presentations. This year, PASIC is in Indianapolis on November 19-22, 2014. (more…)
Professional Development |
PASIC 2014 is this week and I am excited to see old friends and meet new ones. If you are going to PASIC, please leave a comment below and maybe we can meet up. There are a lot of great articles this week. I hope these continue to inspire you. Please share your thoughts and articles below in the comments.
Question of the week: What clinic and/or concert are you looking forward to attending at PASIC? (more…)
Professional Development |
Last week I talked about podcasts. I listen to podcasts on a daily basis and below I have compiled a list of my podcasts. After checking out the list, please recommend your favorites. (more…)
Professional Development |
A couple of weeks ago, I posted the TED conference video by Anita Collins in a blog post called Why Do We Study Music? It received a lot of positive feedback and has been one of my top posts. The more I think about this topic, the more I am concerned with the education my children will be receiving when they begin school in a couple of years.
“It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge.” – Albert Einstein
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