Music Theory Summer Course

List of works:

Student selections

Chonks, Snarky Puppy

Arsonist’s Lullaby, Hozier

16 Bars, The Funky Knuckles

Curriculum Selections

Lean on Me, Bill Withers

Crepuscule With Nellie, Thelonious Monk

Theme and Variations for Flue and String Quartet, Amy Beach

Aus Meines Herzens Grunde, Johann Sebastian Bach

St. Martin De Porres from Black Christ of the Andes, Mary Lou Williams

Recordings of Aka and Baka Pygmy Music from Smithsonian Folkways

African and Afro-American Drum from Smithsonian Folkways

Move Many, Touch in Mine, Esperanza Spalding

Clapping Music, Steve Reich

Pocket Change (full album), Nate Smith

Yoda, Linda Oh

Caravan, Juan Tizol and Duke Ellington (Money Jungle version)

Easy Blues, Endangered Blood

I Say a Little Prayer, Burt Bacharach and Hal David (Aretha Franklin version)

Solar, Miles Davis

Solar, Miles Davis (Ben Wendel version)

Kore 1, Anna Webber

Tiny Desk Concert, Regina Carter

Cissy Strut, The Meters

Say it Loud, James Brown

Son of a Preacher Man, John Hurley and Ronnie Wilkins (Dusty Springfield version)

A New Hymn, Carla Bley

April 2020, Brad Mehldau

Gamelan Gong Sekaha Sadha Budaya (Gending Kebyar Kosalya Arini)

Amen, Brother, The Winstons

Salt-N-Peppa

Ultramagnetic MC’s

Eric B and Rakim

Needs updating!

please seek at your local Yoga studio and/or bookstore

 Yoga

FOUNDATIONAL TEXTS
Hatha Yoga Pradipika
by Swami Muktibodhananda
Bhagavad Gita translation/commentary by Eknath Easwaran
The Upanishads translation/commentary by Eknath Easwaran
Yoga Sutras of Patanjali translation/commentary by Edwin F. Bryant
Yoga Sutras of Patanjali translation/commentary by Sri Swami Satchidananda

 

ASANA
Light on Yoga
by B.K.S Iyengar
The Heart of Yoga: Developing a Personal Practice by T.K.V Desikachar
Yoga: Mind, Body & Spirit by Donna Farhi
Surya Namaskara: a Technique of Solar Vitalization by Swami Satyananda Saraswati
Original Yoga by Richard Rosen
Mindfulness Yoga by Frank Jude Boccio

 

PRANAYAMA
Light on Pranayama
by B.K.S. Iyengar
The Breathing Book by Donna Farhi
The Yoga of Breath: A Step by Step guide to Pranayama by Richard Rosen
Pranayama: Beyond the Fundamentals by Richard Rosen

 

MEDITATION
Meditation in Action
by Chogyam Trungpa
Falling into Grace by Adyashanti
The End of Your World: Uncensored Straight Talk on the Nature of Enlightenment by Adyashanti
Emptiness Dancing by Adyashanti
The Way of Liberation: A Practical Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment by Adyashanti
Still the Mind by Alan Watts

 

GENERAL PRACTICE
Teaching Yoga: Exploring the Teacher-Student Relationship by Donna Farhi
Bringing Yoga to Life by Donna Farhi
The Deeper Dimension of Yoga by Georg Feuerstein
Yoga and the Quest for the True Self by Stephen Cope
Light on Life by B.K.S Iyengar

 

YOGA ANATOMY
Anatomy Studies for Yoga Teachers (online training) by Jason Ray Brown
Yoga Anatomy by Leslie Kaminoff
Anatomy of Hatha Yoga by H. David Coulter

 

GENERAL ANATOMY/PHISIOLOGY
Kinesiology: The Skeletal System and Muscle Function
by Joseph E. Muscolino
The Muscular System Manual: The Skeletal Muscles of the Human Body by Joseph E. Muscolino
Touch: The Science of Hand, Heart, and Mind by David J. Linden

 

YOGA HISTORY
Yoga Body: The Origins of Modern Posture Practice by Mark Singleton
Yoga Ph.D. by Carol A. Horton

 

ZEN
Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind by Shunryu Suzuki
Not Always So by Shunryu Suzuki
Zen and Japanese Culture by D.T Suzuki
Two Zen Classics by Katsuki Sekida
Zen Training by Katsuki Sekida
An Introduction to Zen Training by Omori Sogen
Moon In A Dewdrop: Writings of Zen Master Dogen edited by Kazuaki Tanahashi
The Essential Dogen edited by Kazuaki Tanahashi and Peter Levitt
The Way of Zen by Alan Watts
Zen Enlightenment by Heinrich Dumoulin

 

BUDDHISM
Old Path White Clouds: Walking in the Footsteps of the Buddha by Thich Nhat Hanh
Understanding our Mind by Thich Nhat Hanh
The Miracle of Mindfulness by Thich Nhat Hanh
Outlines of Mahayana Buddhism by D.T. Suzuki
A Path With Heart by Jack Kornfield
A Wise Heart by Jack Kornfield