Welcome to the Curious Collaborative Creativity project for musical learning and sharing!
  • Transforming traditional musical ensembles into inclusive, democratic communities. 
  • Collaborative music-making for meaningful life-long enjoyment with The Pierrepont Players.
  • Infusing Peace-Building into participatory "musicking" experiences, with the approaches of Musicians Without Borders.
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Musicians Without Borders Eco-drumming Workshop

     News:

  • Participatory community music-making is here!  Learn more at Pierrepont Players. Upcoming events:    Winter Solstice December 21st at 2:00 pm: warm yourself by the campfire and eat homemade Three Sisters Soup
  • Join us on Facebook for more ideas for collaboration with other musicians and teachers!
  • Our Women's Frame Drumming Group was featured at the Autumn Equinox Mabon Celebration on September 22, 2024 at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Canton, NY. To watch our video, go to The Pierrepont Players.
Caron Collins, is Professor Emerita at The Crane School of Music at the State University of New York at Potsdam.  With 40 years of teaching experience in K-12 and higher education, she continues to teach her online graduate music course, "Peace Building through Music Education".  Dr. Collins earned her Ph.D. in music from The Ohio State University, the Master in the Art of Teaching from Marygrove College, and her Bachelor of Music Education (instrumental music, flute major) from Indiana University. She has published articles and/or presented clinics for state and national music organizations. Her first book, Messengers of Music: The Legacy of Julia E. Crane, Information Age Publishing (2011), shares music teacher stories matched with the philosophy of Julia Crane.  She co-authored her Curious Collaborative Creativity e-book (2017),  with Dr. Danni Gilbert, as a helpful resource for all music teachers. She lives in the northern foothills of the Adirondack Mountains with her husband, Philip where she enjoys Women's Sacred Frame Drumming, Eco-drumming, and improvising on Native American Style flutes with the Pierrepont Players.
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Curious, Collaborative Creativity, 2013 by Caron L. Collins is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.