Welcome! This is a landing page for Ryan Dieffenderfer’s & Evan Tobias’s (2026) Paper Presentation “Student Perspectives on A Learner-Centered Approach to Large Ensembles” ISME Montreal, Quebec, Canada. CCC Model Engage with this page for information on the CCC Model…
Composed by Pauline Oliveros, the Worldwide Tuning Meditation is an invitation to engage in deep listening and connect with others through sound. The score is a set of directions for people to listen, breathe, and sing (or play instruments). It…
Check out the resources below connected to my presentations at the 2026 Arizona Music Educators Association Conference: Course on Learner-Centered Music Teaching Every two years or so I teach a course on Learner-Centered and Project-Based Teaching available both in-person on campus and…
Thank you to the wonderful hosts and organizers of AFME 2026 for inviting me to present at a conference with such an important theme. Resources and References
We know what orchestras are but would could they be? From the Sound Systems Website: “American orchestras face challenges relative to diversity, equity, relevance, sustainability. How do the embodied and cultural roles of performers and artists—enactors of aesthetic memories and…