Improvisation in the Aural Curriculum: An Imperative

01 October 1997 Improvisation has long been a part of the music curriculum, at least in certain areas of study. It is a staple of jazz studies where students learn the skill through ensembles and specific courses. Organists are taught improvisation as a means of...

Looking Through a Musical Lens: Music, Identity and Culture in Texas

27 August 2012 Introduction1 During the 2010 and 2011 spring semesters we team-taught an upper-elective undergraduate interdisciplinary course at Baylor University entitled "Music and Identity in Texas Culture." As far as we could ascertain, a class of this nature...

Jocelyne Binet’s [i]Cycle de Mélodies: [/i]Unearthing a Forgotten Song Cycle, Lecture-Recital by Matthew Hoch

20 September 2018 2016 winner of the Van L. Lawrence Fellowship, awarded jointly by the Voice Foundation and NATS. matthewhoch.com authors: John Nix author_ids: 265237 authors: John Nix author_ids: 265237

Transforming Postwar East Germany through Song: Paul Dessau’s Lieder composed for Lin Jaldati, Lecture-Recital by Michael Hix, Baritone

01 April 2019 me who remembers…there is no forgetting, Through my ravaged mouth will continue to sing those mouths!” Thank You. authors: John Nix author_ids: 265237 authors: John Nix author_ids: 265237

Review: [i]I’m Glad I’m Not a Tenor[/i] Recital. Troy Castle, baritone voice and Pei-I Wang, piano. Twelve pieces by various composers. September 26, 2021. Recital. Kaeuper Hall, Millikin University, Decatur, IL.

15 November 2022 sensitivity and skill of Wang’s playing. This recital is highly recommended. Click here to view the performance. authors: John Nix author_ids: 265237 authors: John Nix author_ids: 265237

Editorial Board

31 May 2018 Composition Harold Washington College Performances, Lectures, Lecture-Recitals, Training Pete Smucker Stetson University John Nix The University of Texas at San Antonio

General Editor’s Preface 58.2

20 September 2018 a Forgotten Song Cycle, which is a Lecture-Recital by Matthew Hoch (including video and full transcription), with John Nix as the reviewer. This “new” Symposium issue is diverse and vibrant and the beginning of much more to come. authors: Lisa A....

General Editor’s Preface

01 April 2019 Postwar East Germany through Song: Paul Dessau’s Lieder composed for Lin Jaldati.” The reviewer of this video, John Nix, informs us of the wealth of details unraveled in Hix’s intriguing biographical sketch of composer and performers in post-war...