Higher Music Education and Employability in a Neoliberal World / edited by Rainer Prokop and Rosa Reitsamer.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Prokop, Rainer, editor.

Reitsamer, Rosa, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Music--Instruction and study.

Music.

Musicians--Employment.

Musicians.

Neoliberalism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (240 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Distribution:

London : Bloomsbury Publishing (UK), 2024.

Place of Publication:

London : Bloomsbury Academic, 2024.

System Details:

text file HTML

Summary:

In recent years, a growing body of research has been reassessing the role of higher music education institutions in light of the challenges posed by the dominant neoliberal economic system and the growing sensitivity to the reproduction of social inequalities in access to higher education and the labour market. This open access book offers international and interdisciplinary insights into these processes and practices and by examining the learning cultures, curricula designs and emancipatory initiatives within higher music education institutions. Drawing together empirical case studies from Austria, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal, Switzerland, the UK and the USA, the authors explore the multifaceted ways to transition from study to work and the world of uncertainty and job insecurity currently experienced by a younger generation of musicians. Contributions shed light on the reactions of higher music education institutions to the neoliberal restructuring of the educational field and take a fresh look at the master-apprentice model of teaching and learning. They look at the discourses surrounding employability and artistic standards that form the traditional foundation of conservatoire education but also create the environment for unequal power relations and sexual misconduct. The authors also examine how gender, class and race/ethnicity pervade the creation and performance of music, and highlight alternative pedagogical strategies that fight discrimination and violence to bring about equity and empowerment. The ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna.

Contents:

Introduction: Music Education, Learning Cultures and Employability in the Twenty-First Century, Rosa Reitsamer and Rainer Prokop (University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna, Austria Part I: The Neoliberal Conservatoire 1. Balancing Demand and Supply in Music Labour Markets: The Shifting Role of Italian Music Conservatories, Clementina Casula (University of Cagliari, Italy) 2. Marketing Conservatoire Education: The Employable White Musicians of European Classical Music, Ann Werner and Cecilia Ferm Almqvist (Södertörn University, Sweden) 3. From Music Higher Education to the Festival Stage: Questioning the Neoliberal Environments of Scottish Jazz, Sarah Raine (University of Leeds, UK) and Haftor Medbøe (Edinburgh Napier University, Scotland) 4. Facilitating Dreams, with a Sense of Reality: Employability in Dutch Higher Popular Music Education, Rick Everts, Pauwke Berkers and Erik Hitters (Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands) 5. On the Potential of Niche Markets: The Case of Bluegrass Music, Nate Olson (East Tennessee State University, USA) 6. From Merit to Engagement: Moving Music Education to the Next Phase, Mina Yang (Colburn School of Music, USA) Part II: Power Relations, Alternative Pedagogies and Activism 7. Classical Music After #MeToo: Is Music Higher Education a 'Conducive Context' for Sexual Misconduct?, Anna Bull (University of York, UK) 8. History, Narrative, and EDI in the Music Conservatoire, Uchenna Ngwe (Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance & Royal Academy of Music, UK) 9. Other Acts of Intervention through Hip Hop Studies: Teaching and Reflecting, Fernando Orejuela (Indiana University Bloomington, USA) 10. Access and Technology in Music Education: Negotiating Neoliberalism during a Pandemic within a Graduate Popular Music Pedagogies Course, Kyle Zavitz, Rhiannon Simpson and Ruth Wright (Western University, Canada) 11. The Surge toward 'Diversity': Interest Convergence and Performative 'Wokeness' in Music Institutions, Juliet Hess (Michigan State University, USA) Part III: Transitions and Trajectories of Musicians 12. Negotiating Pedagogical Cultures: Adaptive Challenges Facing Music Education Graduates on their Return to China, Elizabeth Haddon (University of York, UK) 13. Swedish Dance Music Scenes, Female Career Trajectories and the Neoliberal Shift, Anna Gavanas (Stockholm University, Sweden) 14. The Unstable Lightness of Rock Once Again: Careers, Trajectories and DIY Cultures in Portuguese Indie Rock, Paula Guerra (University of Porto, Portugal), Ana Oliveira (Universidade Aberta, Portugal) and Andy Bennett (Griffith University, Australia) 15. Music Therapy as Profession and Practice: The Shifting Interrelationship of Precarity and Entrepreneurialism, Simon Procter (Nordoff Robbins, UK) 16. Neoliberalism's Others: Imperatives of Activism in Portland, Oregon, Elizabeth Gould (University of Toronto, Canada) Index

Notes:

Creative Commons. CC BY-NC-ND 4.0. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.en

ISBN:

9781350266995

135026699X

OCLC:

1416598323