Robert Duke, Visiting Scholar

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If We Learn Like THAT, Why Do We Teach Like THIS? Public Presentation by Visiting Scholar Dr. Robert Duke, Director of the Center for Music Learning at Butler School of Music, University of Texas at Austin. Dr. Duke is the Marlene and Morton Meyerson Centennial Professor and Head of Music and Human Learning, University Distinguished Teaching Professor, Elizabeth Shatto Massey Distinguished Fellow in Teacher Education at the University of Texas at Austin, as well as advisor to the Psychology of Learning Program at Colburn Conservatory in Los Angeles. He is the most recent recipient of the National Association for Music Education Senior Researcher Award. His research on human learning and behavior spans multiple disciplines, including motor skill learning, cognitive psychology, and neuroscience. His most recent work explores procedural memory consolidation and the cognitive processes engaged during musical improvisation. 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 the book Intelligent Music Teaching: Essays on the Core Principles of Effective Instruction, and he is co-author of The Habits of Musicianship (extracted from his online biography.) More information: Center for Music Learning: https://cml.music.utexas.edu. Free Admission.