Mr. A Music Place
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Mr. A Music Place is a gathering place for music educators, music education majors and all who are interested in teaching music.
Mr. A Music Place
2d ago
When I think of the many conductors I have played for, three kinds come to mind. One is the talker. This conductor explains everything before allowing anyone to play or sing. They like to "talk through" the piece, drawing our attention to all of the details they want us to play or sing in a ..read more
Mr. A Music Place
1M ago
Playing music from memory is an interesting subject. At times, it is disparaged under the guise of playing by rote, Asia learning to play a piece of music by hearing many times produces a inferior quality of musicianship. Aside from the obvious slight to the method that bears the name Suzuki, those to hold that ..read more
Mr. A Music Place
4M ago
I recently came across an illustration of a relationship between dynamic markings in music and the emotions they may elicit. These relationships were presented in a table which I’ve included below. I immediately realized that all of the “suggested emotions” were positive. There was no anger, or fright, or grief. Are the only emotions we ..read more
Mr. A Music Place
5M ago
I am fascinated with who a composer's influences are. Whenever I listen to music, one of the first thoughts I have is, "who does this sound like?" For example, Leonard Bernstein was heavily influenced by Mahler and Copland, so it is fun for me to listen for passages in Bernstein's music that point to those ..read more
Mr. A Music Place
6M ago
I recently read Carolyn Sloan's excellent volume, Welcome To The Opera. In this article, I will share my running notes that I made as I read the book, and then my summative review. This is a welcome addition to previous books by this author introducing children to other music forms. It can be difficult to ..read more
Mr. A Music Place
10M ago
How should concert audiences be expected to behave? Recent events at concerts have quickly brought this question to prominence. For quite a long time, there has been a distinction between what is and what isn’t allowed at a concert, depending on the genre of music being performed. Audiences at a symphony orchestra, opera, or ballet ..read more
Mr. A Music Place
10M ago
If you're a music director of a performing ensemble, I'm sure you've said it to your musicians many times. Follow me. Stay with the beat. After all, that's one of the reasons they have you, the conductor, standing up there in the first place, right? You're up there to keep everybody together, and the way …
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Mr. A Music Place
1y ago
I inhabit a world of my own. I always have. Sitting on the school bus on the way to school, I remember retreating into that world, which consisted of me constantly humming softly. I was humming nothing in particular, just mindlessly humming whatever came to mind. There was an older boy who made a point …
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Mr. A Music Place
1y ago
Music advocates, and who isn’t one that reads this blog, are sometimes like that child in a class that always strenuously raises their hand—“ooh, ooh, ooh, call on me, call on me,” but is rarely called on because either that child is always answering questions, not giving anyone else a chance to answer and learn ..read more
Mr. A Music Place
1y ago
At times, music notation can be confusing. Even for highly trained musicians, certain aspects of music notation requires them to pause and investigate how a particular rhythmic grouping should be performed. This is particularly true with rhythmic groupings known as tuplets. All tuplets are mathematical ratios. The first number in the ratio is the number ..read more