Thursday, September 4, 2014
Post-Bop and Avant-Garde Jazz Saxophonist Keith Gamble: Music Degree Programs Online?
Post-Bop and Avant-Garde Jazz Saxophonist Keith Gamble: Music Degree Programs Online?: As a music education graduate at Oakland University, in Rochester Hills, MI, I value that experience. Long nights of practicing, early ...
Music Degree Programs Online?
As a music education graduate at Oakland University, in Rochester Hills, MI, I value that experience. Long nights of practicing, early morning classes, and ensemble classes and rehearsals made it all the more special. An on-line music degree program just sounds wrong.
Berklee College of Music, in Boston, MA, offers such a program. My first impression is NO! When an institution with the reputation as the Berklee College of Music offers such a degree program, then I must take a second look. I am sure many of you understand my reservation, especially being a music education graduate myself.
Coming from a traditional university music program I have questions about studying music online, even if that program is Berklee College of Music. What about relationships? Music is not made in a vacuum, but with student musicians with shared experiences. Yes, you may be able to get a degree in music online, but in the long-run, I think you loss.
Today I share the band stand with friends I attended college with as a music major. Those friendships are life long relationships with other musicians. For this reason, I cannot recommend an online music degree program.
Berklee College of Music, in Boston, MA, offers such a program. My first impression is NO! When an institution with the reputation as the Berklee College of Music offers such a degree program, then I must take a second look. I am sure many of you understand my reservation, especially being a music education graduate myself.
Coming from a traditional university music program I have questions about studying music online, even if that program is Berklee College of Music. What about relationships? Music is not made in a vacuum, but with student musicians with shared experiences. Yes, you may be able to get a degree in music online, but in the long-run, I think you loss.
Today I share the band stand with friends I attended college with as a music major. Those friendships are life long relationships with other musicians. For this reason, I cannot recommend an online music degree program.
Thursday, August 21, 2014
Post-Bop and Avant-Garde Jazz Saxophonist Keith Gamble: Bence Peter`s Fibonacci Sequence In Music
Post-Bop and Avant-Garde Jazz Saxophonist Keith Gamble: Bence Peter`s Fibonacci Sequence In Music: I came upon a very interesting composition that one could guess the music of Claude Debussy or Keith Jarrett, at least in my opinion. P...
Bence Peter`s Fibonacci Sequence In Music
I came upon a very interesting composition that one could guess the music of Claude Debussy or Keith Jarrett, at least in my opinion. Pianist and composer Bence Peter, and his work "Fibonacci Sequence In Music" reminds me of both Debussy and Jarrett, but faster! Fibonacci Sequence In Music is an imaginative piece that require the performer to display piano technique and sensitivity that reminds the listener of an upper level concert pianist.
Pianist Bence Peter is also a film composer and producer who attended Boston`s Berklee College of Music. Known for breaking the Guiness World Record in 2012, for most piano key hits in one minute (765), Peter is said to be the world`s fastest piano player.
Bence Peter can play very rapidly, while keeping the character of his music. As mentioned earlier, Bence Peter`s playing is reminiscent of Debussy; just much faster. You will also hear an influence of Keith Jarrett.
"Fibonacci Sequence In Music" is a skillful display of dexterity and imagination. Bence Peter is on my radar, and should be on yours.
Pianist Bence Peter is also a film composer and producer who attended Boston`s Berklee College of Music. Known for breaking the Guiness World Record in 2012, for most piano key hits in one minute (765), Peter is said to be the world`s fastest piano player.
Bence Peter can play very rapidly, while keeping the character of his music. As mentioned earlier, Bence Peter`s playing is reminiscent of Debussy; just much faster. You will also hear an influence of Keith Jarrett.
"Fibonacci Sequence In Music" is a skillful display of dexterity and imagination. Bence Peter is on my radar, and should be on yours.
Thursday, July 31, 2014
Post-Bop and Avant-Garde Jazz Saxophonist Keith Gamble: The Power Of Music! Therapy?
Post-Bop and Avant-Garde Jazz Saxophonist Keith Gamble: The Power Of Music! Therapy?: Music therapy is defined as "the clinical and evidence-based use of music interventions to accomplish individualized goals within ...
The Power Of Music! Therapy?
Music therapy is defined as "the clinical and evidence-based use of music interventions to accomplish individualized goals within a therapeutic relationship by a credentialed professional who has completed an approved music therapy program (Home page of the American Music Therapy Association, 2014). This blog is not about music therapy as it is dealing with therapeutic power of music with patients suffering from alzheimer`s and dementia. Shown during the Sundance Film Festival, "Alive Inside" is a film that takes a position advocating for ipods to be given to patients.
Highlighting three patients in a nursing home facility, therapist Dan Cohen (who inspired "Alive Inside", and founder of Music & Memory) hands ipods to nursing home residence.When head phones are given to patients, a transformation occur with mood, and depth of emotions experienced by patients. These patients become social, and receive other brain stimulating benefits. One patient said music gives him the feeling of love, as he listens to Cab Calloway.
Interviewing a second patient who uses both a wheel chair and walker, this patient gathers strength to put her walker aside, and dance to Afro-Cuban music in her head phones. This patient`s physical benefits of music was obvious, but how music transformed her spirit was something to behold. Another lady bedridden appeared to be in a coma, but was able to move her legs and head while music played though her head phones.
I am not trained as a music therapist, but seeing the results of ipods were impressive. If technology exist for adding quality of life to nursing home patients, it should be a legitimate option. A licensed music therapist should be available to facilitate use of music and equipment, such as ipods.
We are judged by how we treat (or mistreat) our seniors and sick, and our responsibility as a society is to assure those in our care the right to a quality end-of-life care and service.
Thank you, Dan Cohen, and those affiliated with the documentary "Alive Inside" for taking-on a noble film project.
Highlighting three patients in a nursing home facility, therapist Dan Cohen (who inspired "Alive Inside", and founder of Music & Memory) hands ipods to nursing home residence.When head phones are given to patients, a transformation occur with mood, and depth of emotions experienced by patients. These patients become social, and receive other brain stimulating benefits. One patient said music gives him the feeling of love, as he listens to Cab Calloway.
Interviewing a second patient who uses both a wheel chair and walker, this patient gathers strength to put her walker aside, and dance to Afro-Cuban music in her head phones. This patient`s physical benefits of music was obvious, but how music transformed her spirit was something to behold. Another lady bedridden appeared to be in a coma, but was able to move her legs and head while music played though her head phones.
I am not trained as a music therapist, but seeing the results of ipods were impressive. If technology exist for adding quality of life to nursing home patients, it should be a legitimate option. A licensed music therapist should be available to facilitate use of music and equipment, such as ipods.
We are judged by how we treat (or mistreat) our seniors and sick, and our responsibility as a society is to assure those in our care the right to a quality end-of-life care and service.
Thank you, Dan Cohen, and those affiliated with the documentary "Alive Inside" for taking-on a noble film project.
Wednesday, June 25, 2014
Post-Bop and Avant-Garde Jazz Saxophonist Keith Gamble: Hey, Mr. Rodgers; Can I Have A Solo?
Post-Bop and Avant-Garde Jazz Saxophonist Keith Gamble: Hey, Mr. Rodgers; Can I Have A Solo?: Hey, Mr. Rodgers; can I have a solo? I suppose you could interpret that many different ways, but as a teenager playing in Detroit`s Nor...
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