{"id":19162,"date":"2025-11-19T11:13:02","date_gmt":"2025-11-19T16:13:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/joviala.com\/jovialaworks\/?page_id=19162"},"modified":"2026-04-01T18:41:03","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T22:41:03","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/joviala.com\/jovialaworks\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Joviala"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I’m an improviser, composer and educator. I write about all of it from time to time. It is collected here. Welcome!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Dalcroze Reference<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Materials for Dalcroze teachers, resources for students and class information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Writing<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Longer form essays and reflections about music and pedagogy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Projects<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Recordings, performances and documentation of my creative work. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Latest Writing<\/h2>\n\n\n
First Instrument<\/a>
I am always pleased when the old standards come out in my … <\/div><\/div><\/div>
Locomotors at Windhover<\/a>
My improvisational music and dance group, Locomotors, is performing at the Windhover … <\/div><\/div><\/div>
Invisible Subjects<\/a>
Sometimes, to see the whole, we need to look at the parts. … <\/div><\/div><\/div>
Surviving Genius: an Imaginary Book Review<\/a>
Here\u2019s an idea for a book that I want someone else to … <\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>