【Music】Article four: 'Digital music and critical music literacy'
The Society of Music Analysis report indicated that digital music often sits uncomfortably within a curriculum where the main focus is on the non-digi... [more]
【Music】Music-making for music teacher identity: perspectives from novice music teachers in South Korea
Music teacher identity is constructed at the intersection between musician and teacher. This study investigated the meaning of music-making among Kore... [more]
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Archives of the Dance (28): Chisenhale Dance Space
This contribution to the 'Archives of the Dance' series explores Chisenhale Dance Space's collection and my work with it as a PhD researcher. My re...
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Dance matters: dancing in Tunisia
A Tunisian youth movement, Dancers Citizens South (DCS), founded on 31 May 2015, encourages young people to find agency in their communities by creati...
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Music and aggression: The impact of sexual-aggressive song lyrics on aggression-related thoughts, em
Three studies examined the impact of sexual-aggressive song lyrics on aggressive thoughts, emotions, and behavior toward the same and the opposite sex. In Study 1, the authors directly manipulated whether male or female participants listened to misogynous
Study of the effectiveness of musical stimulation during intracardiac catheterization
Background Intracardiac catheterization is a routine physical examination. Due to psychological strains, several psychosocial interventions, including music therapy, have been proposed. The aim of the present study was to examine whether the preventive or
Inuit student teachers' agency, positioning and symbolic action:: reflections from a qallunaat
This article examines how three Inuit student teachers in the Nunavut Teacher Education Program invested their social and cultural capital during a music course for classroom teachers, which the author taught in the Canadian Arctic. She describes how, thr
Analysis of the meter of acoustic musical signals
A method is decribed which analyzes the. basic pattern of beats in a piece of music, the musical meter. The analysis is performed jointly at three different time scales: at the temporally atomic tatum pulse level, at the tactus pulse level which correspon
'Agricolesque, ou presque': for the Agricola quincentenary (Alexander Agricola)
This article discusses the author's recent compositional work on agricologies, a cycle in two books for viol consort and string quartet, commissioned by and written for the London-based ensembles Fretwork and the Kreutzer String Quartet. Agricologies inv
Decision time for a young entrepreneur: Urbanology USA - in, out, or ... ?
This teaching case looks at the path of Ryan Baird, a young entrepreneur who created Urbanology - an entertainment event business - while he was a university student. He used a venue that became a social scene - blending fashion, music, dance, food and sh
Quality of life of institutionalized aged with and without symptoms of depression
Objective: compare the quality of life (QOL) of aged residents in homes for aged people with or without symptoms of depression, and identify social, physical activity; leisure; health and basic activities of daily living (ADL) variables that correlate wit
JORDI SAVALL, MUSIC IN 'DIALOGUE MAJOR'
This paper proposes an analysis of cultural projects that Jordi Savall -with the prominence of ancient music from all over- has promoted throughout the world for more than forty years. The purpose of these projects is to build a shared musical framework o
Russia and the creation of jazz in the British everyday imaginary
This article presents an alternative account of the initial reception of jazz in Britain. It suggests that jazz and the contemporaneous Russian Revolution were equally seen as the latest threats to indigenous British music and culture. The reminiscences o
An Outward and Visible Sign of an Inward and Spiritual Grace Stewart Headlam on the Ballet
Drawing on Headlam's sermons, pamphlets, and letters, this article explores his theology of the ballet, a theology made possible by his conception of sacrament and sacramental bodies. Headlam's incarnational sacramentalism not only enabled a support of
'High' clefs in composition and performance (Monteverdi)
Modern musicians have treated 'high'-clef notation like a dead language that has to be translated into their vernacular. In the 19th century the translation was achieved by substituting clefs and signatures, creating the false impression that 'high' c
Can music bring people together? Effects of shared musical preference on intergroup bias in adolesce
Recent research has successfully applied social identity theory to demonstrate how individuals use music as a basis for intergroup differentiation. The current study investigated how music might also be used to encourage the development of positive interg
Why the music industry may gain from free downloading - The role of sampling
Downloading digital products for free may harm creators and intermediaries because consumers may no longer buy the version for sale. However, as we show in this paper, this negative effect may be overcompensated by a positive effect due to sampling: consu
The poetic's of Sufi practice: Drumming, dancing, and complex agency at Madho Lal Husain (and b
I develop an approach to the poetics of music and movement, vis-A-vis Language, in the context of popular Sufism in South Asia. Bringing Michael Herzfeld's notion of social poetics into creative dialogue with Katherine Ewing's notion of the experiencing
Beyond the cover version: encouraging student performers to produce original interpretations of popu
David Brackett's notion of musical codes, discussed in his book Interpreting popular music (2000), offers tertiary music students an opportunity to think about interpretation and performing, about what is conveyed through performing, and connections with