and two selections from my research, but nothing more.

In July 2005, I decided to wrap things up on this site: finish off what was here, clean it up, and acknowledge that nothing more would be forthcoming on this subject. And write this little introduction.

In a sense, this site represents what could have been, had I finished my Ph.D. If it stimulates some interest in the subject, I’d be delighted. There was a time when my supervisor warned against revealing what I was working on — someone might steal the idea, she warned me. I don’t subscribe to such proprietary notions any more; besides, if it was mine, I should have done something with it by now, even out of academe.

Table of Contents

The Better Class of Music
My conference paper, as presented in the fall of 1996, warts and all.
Mr. Lindsay’s Minority Report
The minutes from the Galt Public School Board reveal a fascinating story about a stubborn trustee with some fixed ideas about music instruction.
Mr. Sefton’s Salutary Songs
A music textbook with hilarious lyrics that shows us what music instruction was really for.