The Routledge companion to teaching music composition in schools : international perspectives / edited by Kirsty Devaney, Martin Fautley, Joana Grow, and Annette Ziegenmeyer.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Devaney, Kirsty, editor.

Fautley, Martin, editor.

Grow, Joana, editor.

Ziegenmeyer, Annette, 1976- editor.

Series:

Routledge music companions

Routledge handbooks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Composition (Music)--Instruction and study.

Composition (Music).

School music--Instruction and study.

School music.

Music in universities and colleges.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xx, 540 pages) : illustrations.

Other Title:

Companion to teaching music composition in schools

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2024.

Biography/History:

Kirsty Devaney is a composer and music education researcher based in Birmingham, UK. As a composition tutor at Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, and founder of the Young Composers Project, Kirsty specialises in composing music with, and for, non-professional and youth groups. Her music has been aired on BBC Radio 3 and shortlisted for a British Composer Award. Martin Fautley is a Professor of Education at Birmingham City University, UK. He researches and writes about various aspects of teaching and learning in music, specializing in creativity and assessment. He is the author of 10 books, as well as over 60 journal articles, book chapters, and academic research papers. Joana Grow is a Professor of Music Education at Hanover University of Music, Drama and Media, Germany. Her areas of teaching and research are music composition, gender and music education, professionalization of student teachers, language-sensitive music education, and teaching music history. Annette Ziegenmeyer is a Professor of Music Education at the University of Luebeck, Germany. Her areas of teaching and research cover a broad range of topics such as music composition in schools and beyond, community music/music in social work, and music education in prisons.

Summary:

"The Routledge Companion to Teaching Music Composition in Schools: International Perspectives offers a comprehensive overview of teaching composing from a wide range of countries around the world. Addressing the current state of composition pedagogy from primary to secondary school levels and beyond, the volume explores issues including different curricular and extracurricular settings, cultural aspects of composing, aesthetics, musical creativity, the role of technology, and assessment. Providing a wide-ranging and detailed review of international approaches to incorporating music composition in teaching and learning, this volume will be a useful resource for teachers, music education researchers, graduate and undergraduate students, and all those working with children and young people in composing music"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction / Kirsty Devaney, Martin Fautley, Joana Grow and Annette Ziegenmeyer

Battle Dances and 808s : Teaching Music Creation in Australia / James Henry Byrne Humberstone

From Composing Project to University Course : Formal and Informal Pathways of Learning to Compose in Music Classrooms in Austria / Helmut Schmidinger

Expanding Analytical Eyes and Ears on Compositional Processes : Alternative Musical Pedagogies on Brazilian Education / Heloísa Feichas, Euridiana Silva Souza and Kristoff Silva

Interlude I : What is Composing?

Teaching Composing in Canadian Music Classrooms / Benjamin Bolden

Assessing Composition/Improvisation in School Music Education in the Global Age of China / Wai-Chung Ho

The Challenges, Models and Outcomes of Composing in Croatian Compulsory Schools / Sabina Vidulin

Interlude II : Creativity and Composing in Education?

Composing in the Classroom: The Case of Czech Republic / Vit Zouhar

Mapping the Field of Composing Pedagogy in Finland : From Musical Inventions to Cultural Participation / Heidi Partti

As For Us in France

Why Do We Call It Creation? / Margarete Stumpfögger

Interlude III : Starting Points of Composing?

Composition in Germany in its Fledgling Stages Between Extracurricular Projects and School Music Classes / Joana Grow and Annette Ziegenmeyer

Attending to Creative Music Making and Composing in Greek School Music Curricula : Preliminary Findings from a Document Analysis / Smaragda Chrysostomou and Angeliki Triantafyllaki

Composition and Creativity in Music Education in Iceland / Helga Rut Gudmundsdottir

Interlude IV : Ways to Teach Composing

Composition Pedagogy in Italian Schools : A Model for Teaching Music Composition Through Processes / Michele Biasutti and Eleonora Concina

A Sheet of Paper Considered as an Instrument : Examining the Separation of Form and Content in Creative Music Education / Tadahiko Imada

Did You Write That Song? Learning Composition in the Kenyan Secondary School / Emily Akuno

Interlude V : Considering Gender, Equality, Diversity and Inclusion in Teaching Composing

Policies and Practices in Teaching Music Composition in Mexican Schools / Patricia A. González-Moreno and Rubén Carrillo

Music Composition as Playful Activity Perspectives on Teaching Composing from the Netherlands / Michel Hogenes, Bert van Oers and Rene F.W. Diekstra

Home-grown Progressivism : Composing in Aotearoa New Zealand Primary and Secondary Schools / Vicki Thorpe, Priya Gain and Stuart Wise

Interlude VI : Hegemony and Axiology in Composing Pedagogies

Teaching Music Composition in Nigerian Classrooms : Current Practice, Training and Creative Developments (With Particular Reference to Institutions in Southern Nigeria) / Christian Onyeji

Composition in the Classroom in Norwegian Elementary School / Roy Waade and Jan Erik Reknes

Creativity in the Polish Music Classroom: Historical Perspectives and Recent Actions / Adam Switala and Gabriela Karin Konkol

Interlude VII : The Role of Digital Technology in Classroom Composing

Making a Difference in the Music Classroom : The Role of Music Composition in Reframing Pupils' Attitudes Towards Music Education in a Portuguese Classroom Context / Ana Luísa Veloso

Creativity and Composition in South African School Curricula / Alethea de Villiers

Music Composition in Spanish Schools / Gabriel Rusinek and Amalia Casas-Mas

Interlude VIII : Why Compose in Music Education? Arguments Between Curricular and Extracurricular Settings

Composition and Creative Music Making in Swedish Public Schools and Other Educational Settings / Peter Falthin

Composing in Schools : A Perspective on the Multilingual Context of Switzerland / Sabine Chatelain

The Teaching of Music Composition in Trinidad and Tobago / Adam Walters and Renaldo Ramai

Interlude IX : Notation

its Place and Role in Composing Pedagogies

Composition-Oriented Creative Activities in Music Lessons of Turkish General Schools / Sezen Özeke and Nesrin Kalyoncu / Teaching and Assessing Composing in English Secondary Schools : An Investigation into Music Teacher Confidence / Kirsty Devaney

Assessment of Composing in the Lower Secondary School in England / Martin Fautley

Interlude X : The Place of Assessment in Teaching and Learning Composing

The Place and Value of Composition in the Music Curriculum in Scotland / Angela Jaap

Pedagogical Models of Teaching and Learning Music Composition in Higher Education : Practices and Perspectives from Uganda / Lawrence Branco Sekalegga

When Creative Stars Align : Music Composition in K-12 Schools in the US / Maud Hickey and Gary Wendt

Situating Composition in Music Education in the United States / Michele Kaschub and Janice Smith

Conclusion / Kirsty Devaney, Martin Fautley, Joana Grow and Annette Ziegenmeyer.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on September 22, 2023).

Other Format:

Print version: Routledge companion to teaching music composition in schools

ISBN:

9781003184317

1003184316

9781000925746

1000925749

1000925722

9781000925722

OCLC:

1382291285

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