• Towson University (map)
  • 8000 York Road
  • Towson, MD, 21252
  • United States

Jordan will speak to the Senior Music Education Seminar at Towson University. Topics will include:

  • Founding a nonprofit arts organization

  • Pursuing advanced study in music

  • Applying music education training to a variety of musical contexts

  • Creating new opportunities

  • The contemporary landscape in music

  • Innovation in the arts

  • Arts Entrepreneurship

  • Nontraditional paths in the music career 

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5 for '25: Five Great Books to Upgrade Your Rehearsal in the New Year
5 for '25: Five Great Books to Upgrade Your Rehearsal in the New Year

Happy New Year! Reading books seemed to fall out of fashion for a time, but every signal seems to show an increased appetite for reading, and there are plenty of great books out there to feed the minds of conductors who want to hone their rehearsal technique. Here are five I’ve read recently that are worth your time.

Tactics and Techniques, Part 2: Techniques
Tactics and Techniques, Part 2: Techniques

...There are quite a few other techniques that I would broadly lump broadly into this category. Each could have their own essay, and some already do. Here are a few examples:

  • Knowing when to stop and fix something.

  • Knowing how to prioritize between competing priorities.

  • Knowing when to move on from a passage.

  • Knowing when practicing under- or at-tempo would be (in)effective....

Tactics, Topics, and Techniques, Part 1: Tactics
Tactics, Topics, and Techniques, Part 1: Tactics

"these differences are equally plain, yet only to those who have been initiated by practical work."

Jordan Randall Smith is the Music Director of Symphony Number One.