Creative Edge - 2018 Bringing renowned thought-leaders on creativity and innovation The to inspire our own work as artists, educators, and leaders each year since 2010. Our ninth speaker in this series is ROBERT DUKE. YEARS OF PIANO AND I CAN’T GET A DATE: “ELEVEN Cultivating Creativity in Human Expression” Music is a fundamental form of human communication. Although many of us make music for pleasure alone in the privacy of our own homes, music experiences most often involve performers and listeners. Intelligent performers consider their musical intentions in terms of how listeners will hear and interpret the music they make, and thinking about music in this way defines expressive goals for performers at all levels of experience and expertise. The parts of our brains that create and store memories for how to do things make predictions based on our expectations and intentions and then update memories based on discrepancies between those predictions and what actually comes about when we practice and perform. We’ll discuss how the fundamental principles of procedural memory formation serve as the basis of productive, meaningful, and engaging music practice that leads to the accomplishment of expressive, artistic goals. TUESDAY, 20, 2018, 10 AM - IRVINE BARCLAY THEATRE ADMISSION IS FREE RESERVATIONS REQUIRED – We gratefully acknowledge the generous support of our Each Year Presented in Association with: Title Sponsor since 2010: System Distinguished Teaching Professor, Director of the Center for Music Learning, and ROBERT DUKE Clinical Professor in the Dell Medical School. For the past six years, he directed the psychology of learning program at the Colburn Conservatory of Music in Los Angeles. Dr. Bob Duke is the Duke’s research on human learning and behavior spans multiple disciplines, and his most Marlene and Morton recent work explores the refinement of procedural memories and the analysis of gaze in Meyerson Centennial teacher-learner interactions. A former studio musician and public school music teacher, he Professor and Head of has worked closely with children at-risk, both in the public schools and through the Music and Human juvenile justice system. He is the author of Scribe 4 behavior analysis software, and his Learning at The most recent books are Intelligent Music Teaching: Essays on the Core Principles of University of Texas at Effective Instruction, The Habits of Musicianship, which he co-authored with Jim Byo of Austin, where he is Louisiana State University, and Brain Briefs, which he co-authored with Art Markman, his University and co-host on the public radio program and podcast Two Guys on Your Head, produced by University of Texas KUT Radio in Austin. 9th Annual Creative Edge - Sponsorship Application
The Creative Edge - 2018 Bringing renowned thought-leaders on creativity and innovation to inspire our own work as artists, educators, and leaders each year since 2010. Our ninth speaker in this series is ROBERT DUKE. “ELEVEN YEARS OF PIANO AND I CAN’T GET A DATE: Cultivating Creativity in Human Expression” Music is a fundamental form of human communication. Although many of us make music for pleasure alone in the privacy of our own homes, music experiences most often involve performers and listeners. Intelligent performers consider their musical intentions in terms of how listeners will hear and interpret the music they make, and thinking about music in this way defines expressive goals for performers at all levels of experience and expertise. The parts of our brains that create and store memories for how to do things make predictions based on our expectations and intentions and then update memories based on discrepancies between those predictions and what actually comes about when we practice and perform. We’ll discuss how the fundamental principles of procedural memory formation serve as the basis of productive, meaningful, and engaging music practice that leads to the accomplishment of expressive, artistic goals. TUESDAY, 20, 2018, 10 AM - IRVINE BARCLAY THEATRE ADMISSION IS FREE – RESERVATIONS REQUIRED Each Year Presented in Association with: We gratefully acknowledge the generous support of our Title Sponsor since 2010: ROBERT DUKE Bob Duke is the Marlene and Morton Meyerson Centennial Professor and Head of Music and Human Learning at The University of Texas at Austin, where he is University and University of Texas System Distinguished Teaching Professor, Director of the Center for Music Learning, and Clinical Professor in the Dell Medical School. For the past six years, he directed the psychology of learning program at the Colburn Conservatory of Music in Los Angeles. Dr. Duke’s research on human learning and behavior spans multiple disciplines, and his most recent work explores the refinement of procedural memories and the analysis of gaze in teacher-learner interactions. A former studio musician and public school music teacher, he has worked closely with children at-risk, both in the public schools and through the juvenile justice system. He is the author of Scribe 4 behavior analysis software, and his most recent books are Intelligent Music Teaching: Essays on the Core Principles of Effective Instruction, The Habits of Musicianship, which he co-authored with Jim Byo of Louisiana State University, and Brain Briefs, which he co-authored with Art Markman, his co-host on the public radio program and podcast Two Guys on Your Head, produced by KUT Radio in Austin. 9th Annual Creative Edge - Sponsorship Application
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