About Me
My purpose on this weblog is to help my students with their MUS 137-138 journal assignments. Journaling is an activity that is quite useful in many disciplines. Where journaling has helped me in the past was with practicing and assessing performance success. I found that I was more objective with my successes and failures if I had been journaling. Journaling also helps with accountability. If you’re forced to write it down, you’re more likely to do it. That goes for practicing for your primary instrument, aural perception assignments, exercise, eating, and more. My hope is that your journaling efforts will help you articulate what you are and aren’t doing with regard to your music studies.
Dr. James is an Assistant Professor of Music at the University of Montana. She teaches music theory for 1st year music students and applied voice. She has also taught song literature and Voice in Class for music educators. She enjoys mentoring advanced students and helping new students find their way as college students and young adults.
Dr. James’s research interests include: vocology, gender subversion in music, curriculum design, teaching effectiveness, and technology in the classroom. Dr. James is also an outspoken advocate for natural childbirth and volunteers informally for the International Cesarean Awareness Network (ICAN).
Dr. James is married to a wonderful singing carpenter and the proud mother of a busy toddler. They enjoy camping, hiking, backpacking, farmers’ markets, and sleeping. Many of their activities have been put on hold until their little family is a bit older. Dr. James is also a professional classical singer and has performed opera, concert, and oratorio works across the United States.
[This is a personal site and has no formal affiliation with the University of Montana.]
Howdy. I thought you might be interested to know that we both have music theory sites on wordpress! I guess that isn’t so crazy but I thought it was interesting. I have only recently started my blog so I only have around twenty posts or so. I haven’t got to my original advanced music theory because I want to cover all the beginning stuff first but I am excited to be unleashing my crazy music thoughts into the world soon. Anyway, as a teacher I would love to hear your feedback if you had a minute or two. I know in terms of site design wordpress does a lot of work but I would be interested to hear what you thought about subject matter or style. I really want my site to be readable and fun. I think the real challenge in music theory is making something that seems sort of foreign more accessible. I know sometimes its hard but why do so many teachers default into talking about numbers? It’s as if they are afraid of talking about music in normal terms because they are afraid that they don’t really understand it. Do you ever get that impression?
Okay anyway, sorry for the long note. Here’s my site: http://www.joeraciti.com. Keep up the hiking and congrats on the todler.
- Joe Raciti