Peter Miksza: On the Overlooked Value of Improvisation in Musical Training

Listen in as Indiana University music education researcher and professor Peter Miksza and I chat about some of the research on improvisation, and talk about the overlooked role it may play in musical training and development.

 Peter Miksza: On the Overlooked Value of Improvisation in Musical Training

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