Andrew schartmann koji kondo biography

Andrew Schartmann holds graduate degrees in music theory from Yale and McGill University. He is the author of Koji Kondo's Super Mario Bros Soundtrack (Bloomsbury, 2015) and Maestro Mario: How Nintendo Transformed Videogame Music into an Art (Thought Catalog, July 2013).

At present he serves as the assistant editor of DSCH Journal.

In 2011, he was awarded the Schulich School of Music Teaching Award for his course on musical form in the music of Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven.

Andrew schartmann koji kondo biography

Most recently, his pedagogical interests have led him to explore the ways in which digital technology can improve the teaching of music. His companion site for the textbook Analyzing Classical Form (Oxford University Press 2013) provides an innovative tool to enhance the learning experience.

One of Schartmann's current projects, Playing Beethoven's 32 Piano Sonatas: A Work in Progress, documents his thoughts (some analytical, some practical) on these seminal works.

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