Trauma and Resilience in Music Education

<p><em>Trauma and Resilience in Music Education: Haunted Melodies</em> considers the effects of trauma on both teachers and students in the music classroom exploring music as a means for working through traumatic experiences and the role music education plays in trauma studies. The volume acknowledges the ubiquity of trauma in our society and its long-term deleterious effects while showcasing the singular ways music can serve as a support for those who struggle. In twelve contributed essays authors examine theoretical perspectives and personal and societal traumas providing a foundation for thinking about their implications in music education. Topics covered include:</p><ul> <p> </p> <li>Philosophical psychological sociological empirical and narrative perspectives of trauma and resilience.</li> <li>How trauma-informed education practices might provide guidelines for music educators in schools and other settings</li> <li>Interrogations of how music and music education may be a source of trauma</li> </ul><p>Distinguishing itself from other subjects—even the other arts—music may provide clues to the recovery of traumatic memory and act as a tool for releasing emotions and calming stresses. <i>Trauma and Resilience in Music Education </i>witnesses music’s unique abilities to reach people of all ages and empower them to process traumatic experiences providing a vital resource for music educators and researchers.</p>