Pete Carney

#1 Editor's Choice by Apple, Author of Interactive Listening: A New Approach to Music, the first musicology technique to be featured on the top of the iTunes homepage and apple.com, adopted method in the UN International School, 20 schools in Duval County, and hundreds of international schools and universities in 15 countries

Speaking and Interviews: NPR (North FL), ABC First Coast News, Midwest Band and Orchestra Clinic, Texas Music Educators Association, UN International School in NY, invited to U of Indiana 2015

Reviews: "At last! Music History can be fun. Where was this app when I was pouring through the pages of Grout." -Charles Menghini, Pres. of Vandercook College of Music

"Thanks for paving a way forward." -Jason Berckley, TED Speaker

"This iBook is really an outstanding work. If you have a middle school through college course in music appreciation, history, or reference for ensembles. It's thorough, beautifully conceived, well executed and interactive -Barbara Freedman, author for Oxford University Press

"This book changes everything for not just music." -Mike Lawson, Technology in Music Education

Used in the United Nations International School, University of North Carolina, U of Alabama, and international schools in Hong Kong, Kuwait, Prague and 300 schools around the world.

Saxophonist Resume: "Very funky isn't it sir!" -BBC review of Carney's Orange Alert CD Professor: Chicago City Colleges, Saint Xavier University, Band Director for Chicago All City Jazz Ensemble. professional performances with Grammy winners including Kirk Franklin, Tito Puente, the Winans, and the Plain White T’s.

As a Bandleader: Aberdeen Jazz Festival, Scotland, Rochester International Jazz Festival, Milwaukee Jazz in the Park Festival, Halo-London, featured on NPR, BBC, NBC.

  • Work
    • Music, Education, and Technology
  • Education
    • University of Michigan
    • University of Illinois
    • University of Miami
    • Florida International University