Becoming a Real Musician
Inspiration and Guidance for Teachers and Parents of Musical Kids
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Published:11th Oct '19
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Nobody is born a musician. Rather, people become musical. They do so through the right experiences as children, and with the right kind of support from the adults in their lives. Most teachers and parents believe that music can be a powerful a gift to kids. Ideally it becomes a lifelong gift, rather than merely a pastime of childhood to be reminisced about later. Unfortunately, not all music educational experiences produce a lasting musicianship. This book shares how learning experiences can be made more relevant, practical, and real world for young people studying music. With such experiences, kids can be on their way to becoming real musicians, defined as people whose musical skills allow them to lead musically active lives, whether music making is their profession or a personally-fulfilling part of their leisure time.
An entirely new approach to music education, this book offers a guide to helping music become an authentic and meaningful force throughout our lives. -- Daniel J. Levitin, author, "This Is Your Brain on Music"
With one foot in research and the other in practice, author Robert Woody enriches our understanding of how musical identity emerges in young people, and how it can be supported by parents, teachers, and other facilitating adults. His descriptions of relevant research in psychology and education, and the reflections he shares of many years of working with young musicians, offer a valuable and articulate argument on the making of real musicians from musical kids. -- Patricia Shehan Campbell, Music, Education, and Diversity: Bridging Cultures and Communities
Whether you are a parent or a music educator, Woody’s sociological perspective on how to become a real musician will challenge your thinking as it has challenged mine. This book strongly affirms the idea that children are not born musicians, but become musical through appropriate musical experiences that are supported and valued by the adults in their lives. This notion could change the world’s perspective on how music functions in the lives of people. -- Glenn E. Niermann, past president, National Association for Music Education; Glenn Korff Chair of Music, Professor of Music Education and Associate Director, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
ISBN: 9781475849967
Dimensions: 239mm x 159mm x 16mm
Weight: 395g
144 pages