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The Price Tag of Independence

Posted on October 12, 2015October 12, 2015 by Jonathan Andrew Govias

If you don't like the politicization of El Sistema in Venezuela, there is something you can do about it.

Posted in UncategorizedTagged Acarigua, Gustavo, music education, orchestra, sistema, Sponsorship, Veneuela, Zambrano2 Comments

Pictures from a Conducting Exhibition

Posted on February 17, 2015February 19, 2015 by Jonathan Andrew Govias

What’s the point of the extra time on music if we’re not willing to use it differently?

Posted in UncategorizedTagged Acarigua, baker, conducting, education, Leonard Bernstein, personal experience, roberto, sistema2 Comments

Avoiding the Clap Trap

Posted on August 25, 2014 by Jonathan Andrew Govias

It may be ubiquitous as a pedagogical tool, but does that make it a good idea?

Posted in UncategorizedTagged Acarigua, Clapping, clapping hands, internal clock, music education, pedagogy, rhythm, subdivisions1 Comment

Acarigua – The Legend Continues

Posted on June 30, 2014June 30, 2014 by Jonathan Andrew Govias

This was not the same orchestra. There was a technical and musical assurance, a mental flexibility, a level of intellectual discipline that was evident in every measure they played.

Posted in UncategorizedTagged Acarigua, caracas, education, music, sistema, Venezuela, Zambrano3 Comments

Tacet approval

Posted on August 31, 2012 by Jonathan Andrew Govias

The best way to promote social goals is to take ourselves, with our Freirian tendencies, Bourdieuian impulses, personal agendas and egos out of the picture

Posted in UncategorizedTagged Acarigua, Beethoven, collective efficacy, Dewey, Germany, social learning2 Comments

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