Preparing musicians for precarious work : transformational approaches to music careers education / Nicole Canham.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Canham, Nicole, author.

Series:

ISME Series in Music Education

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Music--Vocational guidance--Psychological aspects.

Music.

Career development--Psychological aspects.

Career development.

Musicians--Psychology.

Musicians.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (207 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, 2021.

Summary:

"Preparing Musicians for Precarious Work: Transformational Approaches to Music Careers Education promotes career counseling-informed techniques that encourage and guide musicians to drive their careers in necessary new directions. In exposing the 'dark side' of precarious work in the arts sector, these approaches acknowledge the high levels of risk many musicians face and focus on the fundamental and urgent skills they need to navigate uncertainty and hardship. The author calls for a greater recognition of the psychological magnitude of managing such work, drawing upon training as a career counsellor and the lived experience of a career musician to advance transformative learning principles as pathways for artists, students, and educators alike. Representing a radical shift from the content-knowledge approach to career development, a counselling-informed method is fortified by a broad range of ideas from vocational psychology and narrative therapy, emphasizing the importance of change readiness and flexible identities while identifying the need for a post-portfolio paradigm. Preparing Musicians for Precarious Work proposes a new model for musicians' career learning - the CHOICE model - in a timely and practical guide for twenty-first-century musicians looking to future-proof their careers"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Cover

Half Title

Series

Title

Copyright

Contents

List of Figures and Tables

Foreword

Acknowledgements

Introduction: Everything Is Connected

Normalising New Ways of Thinking and Working

From Competition to Compassion: A New Narrative Post-COVID

From Portfolio Musician to Precarious Musician

Towards Solutions

Chapter Outlines

How to Approach This Book

References

1 A Bird's-Eye View

Chapter Overview

Complex Systems and Career Development

Looking Beyond the Field of Music for Answers: Psychological Ownership

Chapter Summary

2 Inspiring Change: Meaningful Learning for Meaningful Work

Career Learning

Step 1. Educators as Change Agents

Step 2. Reframing Educator Responsibilities: Students as Clients

Step 3. Transformative Learning Environments

Step 4. Career Narratives: Windows Into the Profession

3 Helpful Stories

Creativity and Career Development

Informal Learning in Action

Building the Story

Seeing Career Construction and Self-Authorship Through Narrative

Lived Complexity: Uncertainty, Chance, and Luck

4 Mapping the Unknown: Discovery 1

Dreams and Aspirations as Drivers of Change

Drivers of Behavioural Change

Painful Discoveries: Forced Rather Than Desired Change

Dimensions of the Self

Mariana's Story: Conservatorium Culture Shock

Processes for Exploring the Ideal Self

Activities for Exploring the Ideal Self

5 Setting Sail: Discovery 2

The Real Self

Self, Career Identity, and Criteria for Success

Teaching Change and Managing Learning

Change in Practice: Learning From Disappointment.

Bringing an Understanding of the Real Self Into Musicians' Career Learning Environments

6 Wayfinding: Discovery 3

Finding a Way Out of Uncertainty

Part 1: Managing the Unknown

Part 2: Strengths-Based Approaches

7 Metamorphosis: Discovery 4

Vincent's Story: Filling in Gaps

Mariana's Story: Diving Into the Deep End

Independence as a Framework for Career Construction

8 Flourishing: Discovery 5

Joining the Dots

Kindred Spirits

Connection and Empowerment in Career Learning Settings

9 CHOICE: Choosing a New Way Forward

Decision-Making in Precarious Work Environments: Choices or Compromises?

CHOICE: A Musician's Career Learning Model

Conclusion

Appendix: Research Design

Integrated author/topic Index.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-000-43280-7

0-429-34479-1

1-000-43281-5

9780429344794

OCLC:

1263869124