The Mission of Musicology:
Music Studies for EVERY Mind.
TO CREATE AND FOSTER A LIFELONG LOVE OF MUSIC THROUGH CHILD-DRIVEN REPERTOIRE. WITH OVER two decades EXPERIENCE TEACHING IN PUBLIC, PRIVATE, COLLEGIATE, AND NON-PROFIT INSTITUTES, i HAVE COME TO THE DISTINCT OPINION THAT STUDENTS LEARN WHAT THEY LOVE! ASSIGNING THE NEXT PAGE IN AN OUTDATED LESSON BOOK IS NOT RELEVANT LEARNING. I STRIVE TO MEET THE STUDENT WHERE THEY ARE BY ASKING THEIR FAVORITE MOVIES, BOOKS AND SONGS. FROM THERE i FIND REPERTOIRE THAT IS BASED ON EXCITEMENT FOR LEARNING. POP SONGS, SHOWTUNES, SOUNDTRACKS ARE ALL HEARD AT EVERY ONE OF OUR four YEARLY RECITALS (HALLOWEEN, HOLIDAY classics AND SPRING). OUR STUDENTS PROGRESS AT A FAST PACE BECAUSE THEY ARE EXCITED ABOUT WHAT THEY ARE PLAYING!
EVERY MIND REFERS TO THE MANNER IN WHICH STUDENTS THINK. NEUROTYPICAL IS THE TRADITIONAL WAY IN WHICH BRAINS FUNCTION, WHILE NEURODIVERSITY REFERS TO UNIQUE PATHWAYS. SOME EXAMPLE OF NEURODIVERGENT BRAINS ARE THOSE WHICH EXHIBIT TRAITS OF ADHD, AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER, DYSLEXIA, AND OTHER LEARNING DIFFERENCES. MUSICOLOGY INSTRUCTORS HAVE EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE AND TRAINING IN TEACHING THE NEURODIVERGENT MIND. ADDITIONALLY, WE ARE PASSIONATE ABOUT RELATING A LOVE OF MUSIC TO MINDS WHICH THINK IN A “NON-TRADITIONAL” MANNER.
