Scholarly Activities include those related to music, the brain, and language.
Judge, national contest for children, on Vietnamese language & culture, 2020 Finals on Zoom
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as Editor and Project Manager, I organized writing contests, worked with illustrators and managed the project of publishing 25 children books. |
Videos of Improvisations, Lectures or Demo-Lectures, Conducting...
I am fascinated by how our brain learns and remembers, so I read research papers, books, attended Coursera and Webinars, and watched youtubes and Ted talks. Here's what I learned that could be applicable to learning and teaching music. Some were presented at state and national conferences (CMS, IMEA...) Mindfulness guided meditation videos are at the bottom. More to come!
On the right, I lectured and demonstrated how results in Cognitive Science research can help us become better learners and teachers, in Bangkok Triniti school of music. (2014)
Below are various videos: * Improvisation on Vietnamese Folk songs and poetry (2016) * Non-Jazz Improvisation with professors at the University of Iowa. (2015) * Interdisciplinary Audience-participation show with a theatre professor on "Gaspard de la Nuit" at Grinnell College (2015) * Lecture Demo about the zither & Vietnamese culture in Iowa (Multicultural Family Center- 2013) * Directing an Indonesian Anklung Ensemble (2013) * My Easy Jazz/ Pop band "SwingSet" (2012) |
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Promo video made for the Cal State University Fullerton's National Resource Center for Asian Languages (NRCAL) 2018. My own voice over in 4 languages with help from Powtoon and the Voice App.
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Guided meditation (6 min) made for middle school aged students for a research on Mindfulness and Learning. La Habra School District, 2018. |