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Facing the Music - Shaping Music Education from a Global Perspective (Hardcover, New)
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Facing the Music - Shaping Music Education from a Global Perspective (Hardcover, New)
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Facing the Music investigates the practices and ideas that have
grown from some five decades of cultural diversity in music
education, developments in ethnomusicology, and the rise of 'world
music'. Speaking from rich, hands-on experience of more than thirty
years at various levels of music education (music in schools,
community organizations and professional training courses), Huib
Schippers makes a powerful case for the crucial role of learning
music in shaping rich and diverse musical environments for the 21st
century, both in practical terms and at a conceptual level: "what
we hear is the product of what we believe about music."
Advocating a contemporary, positive and realistic approach to
cultural diversity in music education and transmission, Schippers
advocates taking into account and celebrating the natural dynamics
of music. He argues that "most music travels remarkably well," and
regards every musical act as an expression of the 'here and now',
as do many of the musicians and scholars he quotes. In this way, he
challenges stifling directives to recreate 'authentic contexts',
which in fact constantly change (and have always changed) in the
cultures of origin as well. This liberates music educators to seek
with integrity appropriate ways of presenting music at all levels
of education: in schools, community settings, and professional
training.
In seven succinct chapters that each approach the issues from a
different angle, Schippers gradually unfolds the complexities of
learning and teaching music 'out of context' in an accessible
manner, and presents a coherent model to approach these, as well as
lucid suggestions for translating the resulting ideas in practice.
While mapping the various factors that determine all acts of music
transmission, he also comes to surprising insights into the nature
and preconceptions underlying much formal music education settings
across the world, including those focusing on western classical
music.
Facing the Music provides a rich resource for reflection and
practice for all those involved in teaching and learning music,
from policy maker to classroom teacher.
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