Improvising and musical creativity is something I value in my studio and something I want to encourage and foster in all of my students. This was not my experience growing up; in fact, I didn't learn how to approach improvising from an educational standpoint until I was in grad school.

Today, I want to share a story from the early days of my studio when I was still a student myself. It's about a lesson I had one October with an 11-year-old student.

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Resources mentioned:

Monster Dance (Jennifer Fink)

A Conversation with Edwin Gordon (Mary Ellen Pinzino, 1998)

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