This week:
As musicians, we have an obligation to stay informed about the music happening around us. How do we discover new music and new scholarship for the first time?
Links:
Ted Gioia’s 100 Best CDs on 2011
Nonesuch Records
Jstor
David MacDonald – Reliable Sources
Birtwistle – Secret Theater (on Rdio)
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I was very intrigued by the discussion about digital resources– you didn’t mention (and a lot of people don’t) that one of the big problems is reading comprehension. Distinguishing good sources from bad, finding and utilizing keywords, and a lot of other research skills are dependent on being able to read academic text and pull information out of it. And frankly, speaking as an undergrad, I can say affirmatively that most of us really don’t know how to do that effectively.
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