As part of the Golden Apple Award, I attended Northwestern University for spring quarter starting from March 30-June 7, 2009. Here is my reflection of the “once in a lifetime” experience. My composition class with Dr. Maud Hickey was nothing but incredible. It made me see the beginning stages of how we compose to the
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All the Music Curriculum at Sunset Ridge is project-based with a emphasis on creating and composing, First, let me say I do NOT teach theory, I teach creation of sounds through a story. Even my advanced students do not know the I, IV, V chord or a major scale, they will have plenty of time
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I spent the better time of the weekend setting up a youtube channel for the Golden Apple Foundation. It is an amazing foundation concerning the that “all students have excellent teachers. Over a month ago, eleven of us, lead by Dom Belmonte, our CEO/President conducted a roundtable about education. It was done the day after
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