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November 2016; Vol. 8, No. 6
2016 Clavier Companion Collegiate Writing Contest Winner: Finding musical expression through photography and film
In the Spring of 2016, Clavier Companion sponsored its eighth Collegiate Writing Contest, inviting college students from around the world to submit 1,500-word essays on a…
November 2016; Vol. 8, No. 6
What about that bass?
As piano teachers, we commonly show our students how composers divide pieces into three parts, such as in Sonata or Minuet and Trio forms. What is often…
November 2016; Vol. 8, No. 6
Roll over, Mozart: Creative improvisation and composition activities
The skill of improvisation is often looked upon as the realm of jazz musicians. Many classical musicians would not dream of "riffing" with Beethoven or Mozart…
November 2016; Vol. 8, No. 6
November 2016: Winds of Change
While this column usually focuses on change as it transforms our profession and sometimes flusters its practitioners, I want to think about something that doesn't change:…
November 2016; Vol. 8, No. 6
Rhythm Boxes, Part 1
When asked to teach a music course to undergraduate dance majors, I soon realized that decoding written rhythms does not come easily to non-musicians. For these students,…