Musical Experience

The Musical Experience proposes a new concept - musical experience - as the most effective framework for navigating the shifting terrain of educational policy as it is applied to music education. The editors and contributors define musical experience as being characterized by the depth of affective and emotional responses that music generates. The chapters map out the primary forms of musical engagement - performing listening improvising and composing - as activities which play a key role in classroom teaching. They also address the cultural scope of musical experience which calls for the consideration of time place beliefs and values to be placed upon musical activities. The Musical Experience discusses how music teachers can most effectively rely on means of musical communication to lead students toward the development and refinement of musical skills understandings and expression in educational settings. This book serves to expand upon the dimensions of musical experience and provides from the forefront of the field an integrated yet panoramic view of the educational processes involved in music teaching and learning.