Dear colleagues,
The SMT Improvisation and Music Theory Pedagogy Interest Groups warmly invite all to our joint meeting on Friday, Nov. 8, from 12:30–2 PM in River Terrace 3 at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Music Theory in November 2024 in Jacksonville, FL. Our joint meeting will feature seven 10-minute presentations on the topic “Improvisation in/as Pedagogy.” The program will be as follows:
- Stefanie Bilidas, “Teaching the Process of Improvisation through Tap Dance Pedagogy”
- Philip Duker, “In Clara’s Footsteps: Scaffolded Exercises in Preluding and Interluding Inspired by Clara Wieck Schumann”
- Collin Felter, “Intro to Jazz Improv: Achieving Jazz Aesthetic Goals for the Non-Jazz Musician”
- Ryan Galik, “Improvisation in the Aural Skills Classroom: Applications of Conversational Solfège.”
- Ben Geyer, “Improvisation Games in Aural Skills: Lessons from Jazz Pedagogy”
- Nancy Rogers, “Improvisation, Metacognitive Analysis, and the Music Theory Classroom”
- Charles Weaver and Dani Zanuttini-Frank, “Solfeggio for Teaching Historical Improvisation”
The presentations will be followed by very brief business meetings. We hope you are able to join us! Visit Improv IG’s webpage to keep up with the interest group’s activities.
Best wishes,
Sean R. Smither (Chair, SMT Improvisation Interest Group)
Andrew Malilay White (Vice Chair, SMT Improvisation Interest Group)
Tim Chenette (Chair, SMT Music Theory Pedagogy Interest Group)