“Lyrical”—an update on the term “lyrical dance” from Dance Chronicle
Those who remember my post about the “lyrical waltz” and the fuzzy meaning of the term “lyrical” as applied to dance generally, will be delighted to know that there is…
Laptops in the classroom and multi-tasking
The case for banning laptops in the classroom is a blog by Dan Rockmore in the New Yorker on the surprising proposal by one of the lecturers to ban laptops…
Of flutter echo, pectoriloquy, music and badminton
There’s been a strange synchronicity between my reading, work and social lives this week. Last night, my badminton partner – a sound engineer – dropped the racket cases on the…
New choreomusicology article
Music, dance and the total art work: choreomusicology in theory and practice is an article just out by Paul Mason in Research in Dance Education that pretty much sums up…
Desperately seeking (A Pattern Language)
It’s common to hear people say “These days, you can find it all on the internet” or “You can find everything on Google”. It’s true in principle, but that’s like…
Latest research in music perception & cognition
If there’s one area of music research that really grabs me, it’s music perception & cognition. With astonishing speed, considering it only took place at the end of August, the…