Savoring the Artistic Experience in an Age of Commodification

2017 ◽  
pp. 50-56
Author(s):  
Chee-Hoo Lum
Keyword(s):  
Popular Music ◽  
Music Educators ◽  
Aesthetic Experiences ◽  
Music Classroom ◽  
Artistic Experience ◽  
Digital Learners ◽  
Cultural Voices ◽  
Technological Space ◽  
Musical Activities

This chapter brings forth the ideas of savoring, commodification, and learning within a multimedia, multiarts environment as food for thought for music educators working toward engaging learners in the technological space of music. First, the chapter presents the concept of savoring, with attention to the development of aesthetic experiences by critically scaffolding and facilitating musical activities for digital learners and engaging them musically amid their growing hunger for technological music commodities. Second, it recommends paying attention to popular music and glocalized representations and being cognizant of marginalized musical cultural voices because of the proliferation of commodified musics. Third, it discusses the provision for multimedia and multiarts experiences and activities within the music classroom.

Popular Music Genres, Music Producers, and Song Creation in the General Music Classroom

2017 ◽  
Vol 31 (2) ◽  
pp. 17-20 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shane Colquhoun
Keyword(s):  
Popular Music ◽  
Teaching Strategies ◽  
Music Educators ◽  
Music Students ◽  
General Music ◽  
Music Classroom ◽  
Music Genres ◽  
Popular Songs

In secondary general music classes, music educators have the opportunity to bridge the gap between the music students’ experiences in school and the music they engage with outside of school. According to Williams, nontraditional music students have musical lives outside of school but choose not to participate in traditional ensembles. In this article, I explore three teaching strategies that can be used to engage students with popular music. These strategies are through studying music genres, studying music producers, and listening to popular songs to distinguish if a song is a remake, cover, sample, remix, or an original song.

East meets West: Investigating the state of DJing culture and turntablism pedagogy in China

2021 ◽  
pp. 025576142199081
Author(s):  
Rhythy Quin
Keyword(s):  
Music Education ◽  
Popular Music ◽  
Music Performance ◽  
Independent Learning ◽  
Performance Practices ◽  
Political Values ◽  
Music Classroom ◽  
Music Practice ◽  
Chinese Music ◽  
Self Discovery

In the West, the music practice of turntablism continues to gain traction and awareness both inside and outside of the music classroom, as DJing becomes more prevalent in mainstream music culture. This qualitative study investigates the extent and type of turntablism pedagogy in China, a country with different cultural and political values where traditional Chinese music remains the centre of Chinese music education. Twelve DJs from cities across China took part in a series of in-depth interviews. They were asked to recall their experiences learning how to DJ in China, as well as their opinions of turntablism’s inclusion in music education. Findings showed that participants preferred independent learning methods. In particular, participants significantly depended on Chinese social media applications to learn about turntablism and develop a national DJing culture. An absence of turntablism and popular music pedagogy in Chinese music education was the main reason for participants’ self-discovery and learning of turntablism. Findings also revealed a cultural disconnect between the younger generation engrossed in DJing versus the older generation’s fixation on traditional Chinese music to uphold nationalism and patriotism in society. This study examines an ongoing struggle regarding the extent to which popular music performance practices can be accommodated to work with the political aims of Chinese music education.

scholarly journals Art and Bioethics: Shift/Fusion of Understanding Genres

2018 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 245-258
Author(s):  
Hanna Hubenko
Keyword(s):  
Common Ground ◽  
Laboratory Research ◽  
Public Attention ◽  
Aesthetic Experiences ◽  
The Public ◽  
Artistic Process ◽  
Common Space ◽  
Everyday Practices ◽  
Artistic Experience ◽  
Bioethical Issues

A fusion of «bioethics» and «art» changes the means and ways of broadcasting art in the field of new biotechnological achievements and recalls responsibility in science. Bioethics socializes art. Art popularizes bioethics and complements its «experience of comprehension» with aesthetic experiences. The article analyzes the connections that unite bioart with science and bioethics. Examples of creative bioart projects at the World Congresses on Bioethics, which draw attention to the installation and performative forms, expressing the artistic experience of bioethical values and meanings that museums and other public fields represent, are given. The processes of forming links between laboratory research (often hidden from public attention) and art-works through practical experiment, dialogue, observation, or play are analyzed. The tandem of art and bioethics provides a link between scientists and the public, reveals new possibilities for ethical reflection, and represents a living manifesto of overcoming the disunity of scientific and everyday practices. Art and bioethics are sources of inspiration for each other. Not only does art expand its boundaries, transforming a scientific experiment into an artistic process, but also bioethics is entering a new level of research and discussion, reinforcing its creative potential through art. Despite the fact that they differ in genre, they create a common space of rational discourse as well as a common ground for familiarizing with the artistic experience in the process of their cooperation and communication, with the purpose of understanding the emerging problems, attracting to them not only professionals, but also broad circle of people interested in bioethical issues.

Are Popular Music Curricula Antiracist?: The CCNY Music Department as a Case Study

2021 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
pp. 447-451
Author(s):  
Matthew K. Carter
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Popular Music ◽  
Contemporary Music ◽  
Music Educators ◽  
American Music ◽  
Ear Training ◽  
Music Department ◽  
City College ◽  
Popular Music Studies ◽  
Music Theorist

In a recent virtual talk at the Hitchcock Institute for Studies in American Music, music theorist Philip Ewell considered how music educators and researchers might begin to “undo the exclusionist framework of our contemporary music academy.” Ewell's enterprise resonated with me not only as one who teaches undergraduate courses in music theory, history, performance, and ear training, but also as an instructor in a recently adopted Popular Music Studies program at the City College of New York (CCNY). The CCNY music department's shift in focus from a mostly white, mostly male, classical-based curriculum towards a more diverse and polystylistic repertory of popular music chips away at the exclusionist framework to which Ewell refers.

Technology Integration with the Kodály Approach

2020 ◽  
pp. 85-138
Author(s):  
Amy M. Burns
Keyword(s):  
Higher Order Thinking ◽  
Thinking Skills ◽  
Music Educators ◽  
Elementary Music ◽  
Zoltan Kodaly ◽  
Higher Order Thinking Skills ◽  
Music Classroom ◽  
Elementary Music Educators ◽  
Educational Paradigm ◽  
Paradigm Shifting

Amy M. Burns integrates technology into the approach developed by Zoltán Kodály. With the current educational paradigm shifting to include more distance learning, these lessons demonstrate how to create online manipulatives that can be used in a classroom setting as well as an online platform. With the addition of a supplemental website that includes downloadable manipulatives, elementary music educators can successfully teach the approach in a variety of settings and scenarios with novice to advanced technological skills. In addition, the lessons can also be used for assessments, cross-curricular connections, higher order thinking skills, and sharing music making outside of the music classroom.

Why Would We Use Technology in the Elementary Music Classroom?

2020 ◽  
pp. 11-18
Author(s):  
Amy M. Burns
Keyword(s):  
Learning Styles ◽  
Music Educators ◽  
Elementary Music ◽  
Space Technology ◽  
Student Centered ◽  
Music Classroom ◽  
Music Making ◽  
Elementary Music Educators

If the music classroom is meant to be a creative, safe, music-making space, how do educators balance technology in that space? Technology can be used in the simplest teacher-directed ways, as well as in a more student-centered “doing music” environment, depending on how the teacher wants to utilize it and how the students respond to it. Using approaches like Dr. Ruben Puentedura’s SAMR (Substitution, Augmentation, Modification, and Redefinition) model and Liz Kolb’s Triple E (Engage, Enhance, Extend) Framework can help elementary music educators realize how much technology they want to use and when it would be the best tool for the students’ learning styles.

What Is This Book About?

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-10
Author(s):  
Amy M. Burns
Keyword(s):  
Music Educators ◽  
Digital Natives ◽  
Elementary Music ◽  
Efficient Tool ◽  
Music Classroom

Technology evokes numerous feelings in educators, from frustrations to joy, when they try to utilize it in the classroom. It has the ability to be a very purposeful and efficient tool when used correctly. Research is showing that technology is becoming more prominent in education as more schools are adopting 1:1 technology. In addition, music educators are being evaluated on ways they use technology in their classrooms. Finally, educators are now teaching students who are digital natives. With all of this in mind, when technology is used well and has a meaningful purpose in the elementary music classroom, embracing it can enhance and bring another level of success to students.

scholarly journals General Music Today Music Ideas Series: Viewpoints in Secondary General Music—Article Two: Power Trio: Three Ideas for Renewed Success With Classroom Ensembles

2019 ◽  
Vol 33 (1) ◽  
pp. 6-14
Author(s):  
Virginia Wayman Davis ◽  
Laura Singletary ◽  
Kimberly VanWeelden
Keyword(s):  
Music Education ◽  
Popular Music ◽  
Practical Experience ◽  
Upper Elementary ◽  
Elementary Music ◽  
General Music ◽  
Music Classroom ◽  
Music Ensembles ◽  
Music Class ◽  
Instrumental Ensembles

In this second of three in the series, we explore methods for incorporating instrumental ensembles into your music classroom. Experiences such as performing on ukulele, bucket drums, and in modern popular music ensembles are excellent ways to provide meaningful, relevant music education to students of all ages. Using both research-based information and practical experience, we will discuss ideas for three common instrumental ensembles. The techniques and resources provided in this article are starting points, appropriate for various levels and configurations of music classes: upper elementary music classes, secondary general music classes, afterschool or extracurricular music groups, or for teachers seeking to start an alternative ensemble or rebrand an existing nonperformance music class.

Integrating Social-Emotional Learning Into Our “New Normal” Teaching Elementary General Music

2020 ◽  
pp. 104837132096137
Author(s):  
Taryn Raschdorf ◽  
Brittany Nixon May ◽  
Amie Searcy
Keyword(s):  
Music Teachers ◽  
Social Emotional Learning ◽  
Music Educators ◽  
Emotional Learning ◽  
General Music ◽  
Music Curriculum ◽  
Social Emotional ◽  
Building Relationships ◽  
Music Classroom ◽  
Elementary General Music

As social-emotional learning (SEL) initiatives are being adopted by many states and school districts, many music teachers have been actively and successfully integrating SEL into their elementary general music curriculum. Whether teaching in person or remotely music educators can create an environment conducive to SEL by practicing mindfulness, building relationships with and between students, encouraging family music engagement, and engaging in inclusive music activities. In this column, you will find resources and ideas about SEL, discover how it looks and functions in the music classroom (virtual or not), and hear from music educators who currently incorporate SEL in their teaching.

Does School Band Kill Creativity? Embracing New Traditions in Instrumental Music

2018 ◽  
Vol 105 (1) ◽  
pp. 51-56
Author(s):  
Michael Patrick Wall
Keyword(s):  
Instrumental Music ◽  
Music Educators ◽  
Band Directors ◽  
Band Model ◽  
Special Focus ◽  
Traditional Model ◽  
Creative Music ◽  
Musical Creativity ◽  
School Band ◽  
Musical Activities

In schools, band is often seen as a class where students and teachers can be creative. But is this true? Many schools use a traditional band model, which may not allow space for creative activities. This article, inspired by the Music Educators Journal March 2017 special focus on teaching for musical creativity, examines and critiques the traditional model of school band with respect to the space offered for creative music experiences and offers ideas for band directors of how to structure their programs to help foster more creative musical activities.

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