My committee: Ron Sadoff, Cathy Benedict, Christina Marin One of my dear cellist friends gave someone my email because she (my cellist friend) thought I would have some interesting words of wisdom re. her friend’s interest in doing a doctorate in music performance (specifically violin performance). Since I officially passed my dissertation defense 2 days [...]
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Musings on the infamous PhD in music performance
Posted in Cello, dissertation, doctoral study, PhD, Uncategorized on June 26, 2010 | 6 Comments »
The significance of April 8 + a preliminary edition of a PhD Survival Guide
Posted in dissertation, doctoral study, music, PhD on April 9, 2010 | 4 Comments »
Having officially made my dissertation deadline, I want desperately to write & publish on this blog a “PhD Survival Guide” for doctoral students…I’m slightly reluctant to compose said guide until I officially pass my orals, subsequently get the FINAL dissertation to the graduate office, and see my work published on proquest. But in the meantime, [...]
Peter McLaren…do tell me, where do I fit in? And do musicians even care about this stuff?
Posted in critical pedagogy, critical theory, dissertation, peter mclaren on February 22, 2010 | 2 Comments »
In this post, I’m going to attempt to summarize some major concepts behind critical pedagogy, specifically the work of my current dissertation guru, Peter McLaren. (And I promise, his appearance has nothing to do with my intense appreciation of and admiration for his work…but I mean, come on…we can still admire his tattoos and his [...]
The Dissertation
Posted in Arts, Cello, critical theory, dissertation, ideas & thoughts, literature, music on February 5, 2010 | 4 Comments »
I’ve decided to include a relatively small blurb on the research I am undertaking for my PhD. My blog, as many of you know, began as a purely fun endeavor, a way to talk (and perhaps dialog with people) about things in life about which I am passionate…namely, music, food, & wine, with the occasional [...]
Halloween, 2009: reading, writing/dissertation-ing, cooking – what could be better?
Posted in Arts, dissertation, Food & wine, holidays, music on November 1, 2009 | 2 Comments »
I used to view Halloween as one of the key partying high-points of the entire year. One of my first…uh, illegal experiences, was on Halloween…circa 1999. Alas, said view has changed. I love to go out, I love to party (though “party” has taken on a different color as the years have gone by, and [...]
