Canons—ofmusic,videogames,orpeople—canprovideasharedpoolofresourcesforscholars, practitioners, and fans; but the formation of canons can also lead to an obscuring or devaluing of materials and people outside of a canon. The four authors in this colloquy interrogate issues of canons relating to video game music and sound from a variety of per…[Read more]

These materials are for a one-week long study of musica ficta suitable for advanced undergraduates or graduate students. I taught this class online in Spring 2020, with one asynchronous class day and one synchronous meeting; these materials can be easily adjusted to two 75-minute in-person sessions or one two- or three-hour seminar. If we had been…[Read more]

A summary of the structure and objectives of Arnie Cox’s “Music By Ear” program, a complete system of aural skills pedagogy rooted in memorization and dictation of a variety of repertoire. Music by Ear can be executed, with some modifications, asynchronously and online in response to COVID-19. (Note: this document and this method are the work of…[Read more]