Musical Creativity

This volume offers new research on musical creativity by experts from the fields of music education, music psychology and music therapy. Contributions focus on the composition/improvisation process, considering its conceptualization and practices in a number of contexts, and draw examples from primary and secondary schools, studio, conservatoire and university settings, as well as specialist music schools and music therapy sessions.

Cover; Contents; List of figures and illustrations; List of music examples; List of tables; Notes on contributors; Series editorsâ#x80;#x99; preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part I: Conceptualizing musical creativity; 1 Rethinking â#x80;#x98;musical creativityâ#x80;#x99; and the notion of multiple creativities in music; 2 Teachersâ#x80;#x99; perceptions of creativity; Part II: Examples from practice; 3 Preparing the mind for musical creativity: early music learning and engagement; 4 Music composition as a way of learning: emotions and the situated self.

5 Towards pedagogies of revision: guiding a studentâ#x80;#x99;s music composition6 The nature of the engagement of Brazilian adolescents in composing activities; 7 Empathetic creativity in music-making; 8 Cognition and musical improvisation in individual and group contexts; 9 Music therapy: a resource for creativity, health and well-being across the lifespan; Part III: Paths for further enquiry; 10 Action-research on collaborative composition: an analysis of research questions and designs; 11 Perspectives on musical creativity: where next?; Index.