The prevailing discourse surrounding urban music education suggests the deficit-laden notion that urban school settings are 'less than' rather than 'different from' their counterparts. Through the lens of contextually specific teaching, this book provides a counternarrative on u…
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"The prevailing discourse surrounding urban music education suggests the deficit-laden notion that urban school settings are "less than," rather than "different than," their counterparts. Through the lens of contextually-specific teaching, this book provides a counternarrative o…
Studio-based instrumental learning
by Burwell, Kim
fromSEMPRE studies in the psychology of music
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To reach the highest standards of instrumental performance, several years of sustained and focused learning are required. This requires perseverance, commitment, and opportunities to learn and practise, often in a collective musical environment. This book brings together a wide …
Explores the psychological and sociological dimensions of musical experience and their implications for music teachers. `This significant book should be in the hands of all with an interest in music education' - TES.
Musicians, dancers and athletes spend a tremendous amount of time and effort preparing for performance in the hope of success, aiming for certainty, flexibility and expressiveness. Their use of visualization, verbal labels, muscle energy, and emotion is often based upon intuitio…
Musicians, dancers and athletes spend a tremendous amount of time and effort preparing for performance in the hope of success, aiming for certainty, flexibility and expressiveness. Their use of visualization, verbal labels, muscle energy, and emotion is often based upon intuitio…
Why is classical music predominantly the preserve of the white middle classes? Contemporary associations between classical music and social class remain unexplored, with classical music primarily studied as a text rather than as a practice until recently. Author Anna Bull contri…
Through an ethnographic study of young people playing and singing in classical music ensembles in the south of England, this text analyses why classical music in England is predominantly practiced by white middle-class people. It describes four 'articulations' or associations be…