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The Problem Part 4: the indoxination of musicians

Posted on July 22, 2025July 22, 2025 by Jonathan Andrew Govias

Being nice, being friendly, being polite is so alien to group music making that apparently it looks like praxial innovation.

Posted in UncategorizedTagged art, authoritarianism, baker, classical-music, collier, Govias, improvisation, jazz, music, music education, orchestra, pedagogy, power dynamics, sistema, teacher-training, teachingLeave a comment

In Search of the Perfect Society

Posted on October 2, 2016 by Jonathan Andrew Govias

Expecting a large ensemble to improvise as successfully as a jazz quintet is ludicrous.

Posted in UncategorizedTagged hockey, improvisation, jazz, music, orchestraLeave a comment

Impoverished Improv

Posted on August 30, 2016 by Jonathan Andrew Govias

I’m tired of being stomped like a foot-action player piano and then being told I’m empowered and improvising.

Posted in UncategorizedTagged conference, Dalcroze, improvisation, music education3 Comments

Recent Posts

  • The Problem Part 6: where in our search for solutions we pick on a theoretical middle school band instructor
  • The Problem part 5: Molehill or Mountain?
  • The Problem Part 4: the indoxination of musicians
  • The Problem Part 3 – where we conflate “control” with “learning”
  • The Problem Part 2 – where we explore Authoritarianism in music education, with the help of the Karate Kid.  

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