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I am pleased to announce the world premiere of One Day: The Global Citizen Project. This video represents 9 months of work by my Cabot School middle school students during the 2010-2011 school year.  Featuring over 300 Vermont student musicians … Continue reading →

Over the summer I had the opportunity to work with the folks at Higher Mind Media Productions to compose a soundtrack to a speech by climate change guru, Bill McKibben. The Higher Mind Media crew was so moved by Bill’s … Continue reading →

After 12 months (and 15 years), I am done with my MA. Distilled down to its essence the work deals with ways to facilitate a progressive and rigorous applied performing arts learning experience for secondary students that is relevant, meaningful … Continue reading →

For a while now I have been trying to wrap my mind around on the education implications of Wayne Marshall’s “world 2.0.”   As I understand it,  Wayne’s definition (of his own coined term) focuses on the digital landscape:   … Continue reading →

My advanced music ensemble worked on some Steve Reich music this past fall and had  wonderful time exploring the many dimensions of his work.  While working on Clapping Music we somehow organically migrated the piece onto our Javanese Gamelan.  An … Continue reading →

One of my first memorable encounters with “world music” was through Passion, Peter Gabriel’s , soundtrack to “The Last Temptation of Christ.”   Like other musicians and listeners of my generation, Gabriel’s album opened our young, susceptible minds and hearts … Continue reading →

  One of the primary goals of the Glocal Citizen Project is to empower young people to understand first hand that they can make a difference in the world through music and the arts. The Cabot School Performing Arts Center invites teachers and … Continue reading →