I really enjoyed Dr. Hopkins lecture. I understood his approach very well although, I felt that he sped through the content quite fast. As I said in my first annotated bibliography, I felt that his lecture was speaking to aspects of education that I already thought needed some sort of reformation. The most interesting part of his presentation was when he showed us the compositions made by beginner instrumental students. Although there was no notation used, it was still some of the most creative pieces of music I've seen. I've sung soundscape and graphic notation pieces in my choir and know how much deeper the expression of music can be when interpreted through the performer's eyes rather than trying to replicate notes on a page. I believed that music and someone's progression in it shouldn't be marked in general and I wanted to know his opinion on this idea. After class I asked him one on one and he told me that he agreed with me, and said that was one of the reasons he took on recreating the curriculum. To create something closer to how music should be experienced while existing in a school system that "academicks" music. He directed me to the book "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance" to read about that topic and how one person had achieved this.
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