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Daniel Walzer, Ph.D. @danielwalzer.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Today was a special day. The kids made musical instruments with Makey Makey controllers, art supplies, and Scratch coding.

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Daniel Walzer, Ph.D. @danielwalzer.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

My “why”; a sweet picture taken during our NSF project “Teach a Computer to Sing.” 2016 at the Bartlett Community Partnership School in Lowell, Massachusetts.

Teacher with two kids looking at a music coding project.

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Daniel Walzer, Ph.D. @danielwalzer.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

My father passed away peacefully on Saturday. He was kind, funny and brilliant. I will miss him very much.

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Daniel Walzer, Ph.D. @danielwalzer.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

We have a new doctor in the house. Signed documents and everything. Congratulations to Dr. Jerelle Austin. I’ve had the privilege of working with Jerelle and watching him grow into an outstanding leader, teacher, and scholar. The Herron School of Art and Design celebrates this milestone.

Committee members Dan Walzer and Tim Hsu with the new doctor at his defense back in December.

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Daniel Walzer, Ph.D. @danielwalzer.bsky.social · 26/12/2025

Made vegan roast beef for dinner. Turned out great. Quiet day reading and hanging with the wife. Bigger celebrations in the coming days. Hope it was a good one however you celebrated.

Vegan roast beef slices on a cutting board.

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Daniel Walzer, Ph.D. @danielwalzer.bsky.social · 24/12/2025

Did a little baking. Premade dough, but they turned out pretty good.

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Daniel Walzer, Ph.D. @danielwalzer.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

I’m pleased to share that doctoral student Jerelle Austin successfully defended his thesis this afternoon pending revisions. Proud advisor!

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Daniel Walzer, Ph.D. @danielwalzer.bsky.social · 30/11/2025

Drum restoration project is nearly complete.

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Daniel Walzer, Ph.D. @danielwalzer.bsky.social · 09/11/2025

Finished wrapping the first drum. Like the progress so far.

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Daniel Walzer, Ph.D. @danielwalzer.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

The first stage of drum rewrapping is complete. More work to be done but happy with the progress so far.

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Daniel Walzer, Ph.D. @danielwalzer.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

Considering graduate studies in music technology? Please join us for a free informational session next Tuesday evening at 7:00pm EST. IU Indianapolis offers a Master of Science in Music Technology (online/in person) and a PhD in Music Technology. Please see the poster with registration information.

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Daniel Walzer, Ph.D. @danielwalzer.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

Going to rewrap some drums to match this bass drum.

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Daniel Walzer, Ph.D. @danielwalzer.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

This grant marks an important step in advancing music therapy’s role in supporting recovery and mental health across the state. Congratulations to Dr. Myers-Coffman!

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Daniel Walzer, Ph.D. @danielwalzer.bsky.social · 12/07/2025

Great week of music coding. We had 30 kids this summer across two different sessions. Grateful to my team for their hard work. Lots of fun supporting STEAM creativity.

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Daniel Walzer, Ph.D. @danielwalzer.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

My graduate certificate in Learning Science, Media, and Technology from IU Bloomington arrived today. Very happy.

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Daniel Walzer, Ph.D. @danielwalzer.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

After school musical coding for grades K-5.

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Daniel Walzer, Ph.D. @danielwalzer.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

We wrapped up our first semester at Concord Neighborhood Center. Seeing the kids show their creativity with music technology is really inspiring. Back at it again in January.

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Daniel Walzer, Ph.D. @danielwalzer.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

Hi everyone. Here is the link to the DAW use in music education survey. Apologies for the broken link. I wish Blue Sky had an edit button! iu.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

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Daniel Walzer, Ph.D. @danielwalzer.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

My apologies. Here is the corrected link! iu.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

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Daniel Walzer, Ph.D. @danielwalzer.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

Apologies. I hope this one works. iu.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

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Daniel Walzer, Ph.D. @danielwalzer.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

Apologies. iu.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

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Daniel Walzer, Ph.D. @danielwalzer.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

We launched a music coding after school program recently. The kids are now exploring looping and voice recording in Scratch.

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Daniel Walzer, Ph.D. @danielwalzer.bsky.social · 07/11/2024

Building musical instruments with found objects. Coding in Scratch with K-5 students.

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Daniel Walzer, Ph.D. @danielwalzer.bsky.social · 02/10/2024

Excited to see this arrive in the post today. My first project as solo editor. Grateful to the authors and to Equinox for their work on this project.

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Daniel Walzer, Ph.D. @danielwalzer.bsky.social · 20/09/2024

Our team is ready for STEM Innovation Day and Tinkerfest at the Indiana State Museum this weekend. We’ll be showing our work coding in Scratch with Makey Makey controllers and music production in Soundtrap. The event brings over 1,000 kids in grades K-8.

Controller with homemade aluminum foil and cardboard.

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Daniel Walzer, Ph.D. @danielwalzer.bsky.social · 17/09/2024

Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #4,978,970! Better late than never I suppose.

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Daniel Walzer, Ph.D. @danielwalzer.bsky.social · 12/08/2024

Today was a special day. PhD student Dana Goot successfully defended her dissertation “Exploring Human Applications in M-RTC (Music Real-Time Communications): A Qualitative Study. Proud advisor. Congratulations Dr. Goot!

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Daniel Walzer, Ph.D. @danielwalzer.bsky.social · 22/07/2024

The Handbook on Music Business and Creative Industries in Education will be released on later this summer on Equinox Publishing. It's been a great pleasure editing this book and collaborating with the many wonderful authors included in the volume. Very excited for this project to come out!

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Daniel Walzer, Ph.D. @danielwalzer.bsky.social · 10/07/2024

A few pictures from our PD sessions earlier this week.

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Daniel Walzer, Ph.D. @danielwalzer.bsky.social · 02/07/2024

Just a few pictures taken from the Oregon coast earlier this week. Taking a moment to walk and recharge. Grateful.

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Daniel Walzer, Ph.D. @danielwalzer.bsky.social · 28/06/2024

Wrapped up a month of music technology camps with students sharing their creativity. Always rewarding. Always exhausting. So grateful for my students and colleagues for their hard work. Looking forward to a little downtime before our summer PD workshops.

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Daniel Walzer, Ph.D. @danielwalzer.bsky.social · 26/06/2024

Lots of great work in Scratch and Kadinsky from Day 3 of the summer camp. The kids are doing cool projects. We’re up to 17 participants and 8 team members.

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Daniel Walzer, Ph.D. @danielwalzer.bsky.social · 25/06/2024

Day 2 of Music Tech Summer Camp: Lots of creativity in Chrome Music Lab with Kandinsky and Songmaker. Seeing some really cool projects in Scratch as well. Great group of students.

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Daniel Walzer, Ph.D. @danielwalzer.bsky.social · 24/06/2024

We kicked off our second music technology camp this morning with 16 curious and enthusiastic students ages 5-12 using Scratch, Soundtrap, and Chrome Music Lab.

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Daniel Walzer, Ph.D. @danielwalzer.bsky.social · 17/06/2024

Kicking off week 2 with this great team. They are great with the kids, making connections and sparking enthusiasm with music technology.

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Daniel Walzer, Ph.D. @danielwalzer.bsky.social · 12/06/2024

Music Technology Camp Day 3. Love the student creativity!

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