Year: 2012

Chinese-American-born, Shanghai, China-based Guitarist Lawrence Ku

The Marlowsphere (#25) This week’s blog is the third in a series of profiles of indigenous...

Saxophonist & Teacher Zhang Xiaolu: The Jazz-Man at the Shanghai Conservatory of Music

The Marlowsphere (#24) This week’s blog is the second in a series of profiles of...

Xia Jia: Beijing Jazz Pianist of the “Minimalist School”

Marlowsphere (#23) Last week’s blog was about classical music education in China. This week’s blog...

Music Education in the Land of the Dragon

The Marlowsphere (#22) In keeping with the overall “music, media & culture” themes of The...

Necessity Is The Mother of Collaboration

The Marlowshpere (#21) Musical America Worldwide (online) reported recently that three Ohio arts groups had...

Remembering Dr. Billy Taylor

The Marlowsphere (#20) My friend and mentor Dr. Billy Taylor passed on December 28, 2010...

Connecting With & Growing the Jazz Audience

The Marlowshphere (#19) Earlier today I had a conversation with a noted folklorist about why jazz musicians...

Transformative Teaching: The Value of Getting Undergraduate Students Out of the Classroom

The Marlowsphere (#18) Three-time Pulitzer prize-winning columnist, author, and commentator Tom Friedman in his 2005...

The Importance of Character in the Classroom (II)

The Marlowsphere (#17) College professors, as I’m sure teachers at all levels, are beset with...

The Importance of Character in the Classroom (I)

The Marlowshpere (#16) I ended last week’s blog "Texts, Lies & the Internet" with the following: Part...