from our class
26/10/12 07:07
This blog was started a couple of years ago when I first taught the class, Contemplating Music, at the Longy School of Music of Bard College. So finally I’m adding thoughts two days in a row!
Yesterday in class, students gave their first presentations on pieces using the Sound Energy Aggregate analysis. One student presented a piece of popular music, and our discussion about it made very clear that the concept of energy management, maintaining the thread of attention/tension, is of vital importance to popular music as well as classical. Of course, I’ve always believed that, and in the equal value of all kinds of music, but it was very gratifying to witness that realization emerge in a class discussion!
Yesterday in class, students gave their first presentations on pieces using the Sound Energy Aggregate analysis. One student presented a piece of popular music, and our discussion about it made very clear that the concept of energy management, maintaining the thread of attention/tension, is of vital importance to popular music as well as classical. Of course, I’ve always believed that, and in the equal value of all kinds of music, but it was very gratifying to witness that realization emerge in a class discussion!