This weekend, I might be in Spokane, Washington, presenting classes on the NAfME Northwest Division Convention, talking on ukulele, recorder, and expertise (scanning), sponsored by Peripole.
As I uploaded my session notes (so individuals don’t have to put in writing furiously), I spotted that my first presentation was on the Pocket PC in February 2005. That’s nonetheless six years earlier than the iPad; and twenty years in the past.
I’ve seen a number of change in that point; the dominance of the Chromebook is one thing I might have by no means predicted (I believed that Home windows-based webbooks, the same idea, would have been the machine of faculties), and I actually didn’t see the affect of the iPad (which I’m engaged on as I sort this publish).
What has additionally shocked me is how expertise in our area, music training, has been in a holding sample, even earlier than COVID. The deep dive into using units throughout COVID has resulted in a push in opposition to using expertise by dad and mom and academics alike, however the technological slowdown began earlier than that.
At the moment, expertise in music training is bettering step by step, and choices are thinning because the market can’t maintain so many merchandise. In a world of Dorico and MuseScore (paid and free), there may be little room for a legacy (i.e. outdated) software similar to Finale, and as such, Finale shuts down. Anticipate to see extra of this sooner or later.
What’s unclear right now, is what the affect of AI goes to be in music training. In case you haven’t taken the time to see the instruments at Magic College, or to have Gemini or ChatGPT aid you with writing introductions to songs at a live performance, or to answer a mother or father or administrator, it’s worthwhile to cease and take a look at these options (as a place to begin). And for those who haven’t performed with Suno or Udio, it is best to examine these out, too. Dr. Jim Frankel (MusicFirst) is among the music educators writing concerning the implications of AI and music training, and I might refer you to his ideas on the topic.
And as I’ve talked about earlier than, whereas there are lots of people utilizing expertise in music training, the variety of energetic music educators who weblog (or vlog) and share their experiences has by no means been smaller. There are a couple of voices on the market which proceed to advocate on this area, similar to Dr. Jim Frankel, Robby Burns, Amy Burns, and Katie Wardrobe. However lots of the voices that used to talk out on the topic achieve this hardly ever—together with myself, as my focus in life has modified with my transfer from secondary music training to elementary training, from a wider concentrate on expertise to the subjects of ukulele AND expertise—and creating content material for myself and others to make use of.
By the way…I’ve a Dell Pocket PC (The subject of my first presentation) and must attempt to determine find out how to get it to work with a contemporary Mac or my iPad…I do know if I look onerous sufficient, I’ll discover options.
And for those who’re within the Washington space and going to the NAfME Northwest Division Convention, by all means, please say, “Whats up!”
