A graduated packet for practicing sight singing in the aural skills curriculum. Repertoire is drawn from Medieval and Renaissance favorites, some of which students are likely to encounter in their music history courses. Begins with simple two- and three-voice diatonic homophony and works up to eight-voice highly chromatic music in four clefs…[Read more]

In the soundtrack for the Sega Genesis game Sonic the Hedgehog 3 (1992), the genres represented include calypso, funk, carnival, new wave, prog rock, and more. Soundtracks for video games frequently shift genres this way, to create aesthetic themes for different levels or characters. Turning toward an account of the game’s soundtrack as a u…[Read more]

Instructions for a final project for an advanced (chromatic harmony-focused) aural skills course. Students select a film cue and design a transcription and performance project that helps them make progress toward their musicianship goals.

Review of Chaya Czernowin, Heart Chamber: An Inquiry About Love, world premiere at the Deutsche Oper Berlin on Nov. 15, 2019