I am currently working on a paper looking at the different formal and informal methods people teach and learn traditional Irish music and am looking for people who might be interested in doing a short interview, in person if you are around the Cork area, or a few questions by email.
Anyone with experience teaching individually, in groups arranged by a program (such as Comhaltas), in a classroom setting, or any other way that I've not mentioned would be greatly appreciated.
Or, if you are a student and are interested, I would be interested to have another viewpoint as well.
Questions would be on things such as any methods (formal books/cds, or more general such as "by ear") you might utilise, strengths and challenges of the system you are working with, where students might go in your area to get supplemental ideas (sessions around, other teachers, other students, performances, etc), the impact you see the music having on your community or that the community has on your teaching, etc.
If you would be interested, please send me an email through this site with a brief description of what you teach - instrument(s), age range of students, your location, and how long you've been teaching trad (and include any music teaching experience outside of trad). Thanks in advance to anyone who responds!
Sounds like a very interesting project! Let me know what you find out!
~Ingrid
PS: can't really say I've been so much teaching trad as just participating, but if you think Laramie session teaching is at all relevant I can answer some questions for sure.
interviews on teaching traditional music
interviews on teaching traditional music
I am currently working on a paper looking at the different formal and informal methods people teach and learn traditional Irish music and am looking for people who might be interested in doing a short interview, in person if you are around the Cork area, or a few questions by email.
Anyone with experience teaching individually, in groups arranged by a program (such as Comhaltas), in a classroom setting, or any other way that I've not mentioned would be greatly appreciated.
Or, if you are a student and are interested, I would be interested to have another viewpoint as well.
Questions would be on things such as any methods (formal books/cds, or more general such as "by ear") you might utilise, strengths and challenges of the system you are working with, where students might go in your area to get supplemental ideas (sessions around, other teachers, other students, performances, etc), the impact you see the music having on your community or that the community has on your teaching, etc.
If you would be interested, please send me an email through this site with a brief description of what you teach - instrument(s), age range of students, your location, and how long you've been teaching trad (and include any music teaching experience outside of trad). Thanks in advance to anyone who responds!
Amy
# Posted on April 9th 2008 by Amy J
Re: interviews on teaching traditional music
Sounds like a very interesting project! Let me know what you find out!
~Ingrid
PS: can't really say I've been so much teaching trad as just participating, but if you think Laramie session teaching is at all relevant I can answer some questions for sure.
# Posted on April 9th 2008 by ingridrt