

One Group
The subject of group instruction is relatively new in the field of music education. Traditionally, music is being taught in private...


Noitamrofsnart
"This is the purpose of all Zen teaching-to make you wonder and to answer that wondering with the deepest expression of your own nature"...


A Different Ending: A Short Sonata on the Subject of Musical Time
Introduction: Similarity Divides and Differences Join The beginning of this discussion is on the question of unity and multiplicity: What...


CBC 192: Michael Klinghoffer on driving a double bass, how not to hold the bow, and directions in ed
It was a great honor and a great pleasure to be interviewed By Jason Heath. We talked about my first encounters with Gary Karr, the...


What We Talk About When We Talk About Motivation
This title is taken from Raymond Carver's story "What We Talk About When We Talk About Love". In that story Carver describes two couples,...


Richard Strauss, Sonata Op.6 for Violoncello and Piano
Much of the transcribed literature for all the musical instruments was created by instrumentalists. Transcriptions are another way for...


A Detective Story about the Hindemith Sonata for Double Bass and Piano In Memoriam Peter Falk
I ended my lecture at the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance with the following statement: “Musical analysis is like a detective story:...


It's all about the bass! - Happy New Year
Everybody sings to me: "It's all about the bass" and I tell them: no, it is all about the people! It is the people who have made 2015...


Excellence in the Age of Ratings
Abstract This paper, which was presented on July 2nd 2010 at the Dostrovsky Forum for Music Education, at the Jerusalem Academy of Music...