American Gamelan and the Ethnomusicological Imagination

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizabeth A Clendinning
Keyword(s):  
North America ◽  
Music Education ◽  
Performing Arts ◽  
Music Teachers ◽  
American Music ◽  
World Music ◽  
Music Programs ◽  
Music Ensembles ◽  
College Music

The book seeks to answer these questions: Why are there more than 150 gamelans (Indonesian percussion ensembles) in North America, and why are more than half of them associated with American colleges and universities? How and why did gamelan ensembles spark the ethnomusicological imagination? What impact have these ensembles had on college music programs, their local communities, and transnational Indonesian performing arts scenes? How does a lifetime of teaching foreign college students shape the lives of non-American music teachers? First providing an overview of gamelan and its incorporation in education in North America, this book uses the story of the career and community of one performer-teacher, I Made Lasmawan of Bali and Colorado, as a case study to examine the formation and sustenance academic world music ensembles. It examines the way students develop musical and cultural competence by learning gamelan in traditional ethnomusicology ensemble courses and analyzes the merits of including gamelan ensembles in studies in percussion, composition, and music education. More broadly, the book argues that beyond the classroom, the presence of these ensembles shapes transnational arts education and touristic performing arts scenes in Bali. Finally, it advocates for world music ensemble courses as a powerful means for teaching musical and cultural diversity and sparking transnational exchanges, both in and outside the classroom.

scholarly journals Investigating Musicians’ Mindfulness through a Phenomenological Matrix

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Frank Diaz ◽  
Jason Silveira ◽  
Katherine Strand
Keyword(s):  
Music Education ◽  
Personal Growth ◽  
Cognitive Outcomes ◽  
First Year ◽  
First Year College ◽  
Introductory Course ◽  
The Matrix ◽  
College Music ◽  
Neurophysiological Mechanisms ◽  
Almost All

We investigated the efficacy of a phenomenological matrix of mindfulness as a framework for examining expectations, formal meditation experiences, and appraisals of first-year college music students (N = 18) who participated in a 5-day mindfulness module offered through an introductory course in music education. Participants expressed hopes that meditation would help them manage stress and anxiety, improve their focus and relationships, and support their personal growth and motivation. With respect to lived experiences of formal meditation, we found that without explicit prompting, approximately 86% percent of coded phrases reflected dimensions of experience that could be mapped within the matrix, suggesting its efficacy for coding. Furthermore, almost all participants attributed mindfulness to improving their general wellness, with dereification, breathing, and non-aversive affect frequently mentioned as key factors leading to these improvements. Additionally, consistent with the neurophenomenological aims of the matrix, we list cognitive outcomes and neurophysiological mechanisms potentially attributable to the nature of selected appraisal statements by participants.

Analysis of Listening Preferences of High School and College Musicians

1994 ◽  
Vol 42 (4) ◽  
pp. 331-342 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dianne Gregory
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Music Education ◽  
Classical Music ◽  
Sixth Grade ◽  
The United States ◽  
Music Majors ◽  
Digital Interface ◽  
Continuous Response ◽  
College Music ◽  
High School Musicians

Undergraduate college music majors, high school musicians in performance groups, and sixth-grade students in eight sites across the United States listened to brief excerpts of music from early contemporary compositions, popular classics, selections in the Silver Burdett/Ginn elementary music education series, and current crossover jazz recordings. Each of the classical categories had a representative keyboard, band, choral, and orchestral excerpt. Self reports of knowledge and preference were recorded by the Continuous Response Digital Interface (CRDI) while subjects listened to excerpts. Instrumental biases were found among high school and college musicians' preferences for relatively unfamiliar classical music. College music majors' preferences, in general, were less “own-instrument-based” than were those of high school musicians. In addition, the results suggest training broadens receptivity within and across music genres. There seems, however, to be no predictable connection between the degree to which one “knows ” an excerpt and preference for the excerpt.

scholarly journals Development and Reflect on the Course of Piano Improvisational Accompaniment in College Music Education

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Linfeng Li
Keyword(s):  
Music Education ◽  
Current Status ◽  
College Music

This passage mainly analyzes the Course of Piano Improvisational Accompaniment in college music education, discusses the current status of its development in colleges and provides some related suggestions.

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