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M.U.S.-icology 101
My current job puts me into a rather interesting position. After being away from campus for the better part of a decade, I noticed a number of familiar people and things upon my return, but many other significant changes. Some of these changes are for the better, but there are a number of traditions established in the early 1980s that have gone by the wayside.
For a little over two years, I wrote a column for the now-defunct M.U.S. newsletter, The Mussenger, that explored some of those positive things from the past. And if I observed a particular problem in the situation on campus at that time, I used lessons learned from the 1980s as a focal point for discussion. I called my "lectures" M.U.S.-icology 101.
I have posted copies of these articles in Adobe Acrobat (PDF) form on this page.
Articles vary from 30 to 50K each in download size (except for Lecture No. 7, which is 225K). And don't forget to zoom in on the graphics on these pages; I have retained a lot of the original detail. (Photographs do not benefit from zooming in.) Listed from most recent to least recent, here are the articles:
- Lecture No. 7: Bands & Ensembles (prepared for April 2000, corrected September 2003; never published in The Mussenger)
- Lecture No. 6: Music Education Society (October 1999)
- Lecture No. 5: Swing Cabaret (April 1999, rerun November 1999)
- Lecture No. 4: The Evolution of M.U.S (October 1998)
- Lecture No. 3: April Fools' Recital Hour (April 1998)
- Lecture No. 2: The M.U.S. Blues (March 1998)
- Lecture No. 1: The Mussenger (Feb. 1998)