Includes bibliographical references and index. "First published in paperback 2017"--Tp. verso.
Contents:
Fostering lifelong engagement in music / Stephanie E. Pitts. Reflections on infants as musical connoisseurs / Sandra E. Trehub and Franziska Degé -- The child musician's brain / Donald A. Hodges -- Musicality / Susan Hallam -- Musical cognition in childhood / Kathleen A. Corrigall and Glenn E. Schellenberg -- Musical agency / Jackie Wiggins -- The potential impact of autism on musical development / Adam Ockelford -- Music and nonmusical abilities / Glenn E. Schellenberg -- Musical literacy : reading traditional clef notation / Janet Mills and Gary E. McPherson -- Musical literacy : music as language / Chris Philpott -- Engaging in a sound musicianship / Andrew R. Brown -- Underlying mechanisms and processes in the development of emotion perception in music / Emery Schubert and Gary E. McPherson -- Felt experiences of popular musics / David J. Elliott and Marissa Silverman -- Children, popular music, and identity / Sharon G. Davis -- The child as music critic / Paul Woodford -- How and why do musical preferences change in childhood and adolescence? / David J. Hargreaves, Adrian C. North, and Mark Tarrant -- Motivation / Paul Evans -- Building gifts into musical talents / Gary E. McPherson and Aaron Williamon -- Inclusive music classrooms : a universal approach / Judith A. Jellison -- Music and wellbeing during illness / Costanza Preti and Katrina S. McFerran -- Adolescent music is not problematic / Katrina S. McFerran -- Playing an instrument / Gary E. McPherson, Jane W. Davidson and Paul Evans -- Building performance confidence / Margaret S. Osborne -- Singing and vocal development / Graham Welch -- Musical play / Kathryn Marsh and Susan Young -- The individual and social worlds of children's musical creativities / Pamela Burnard and Hsu-Chan Kuo -- Computer-based technology / Peter R. Webster -- Historical perspectives / Gordon Cox -- Child as musical apprentice / Frank Abrahams and Daniel Abrahams -- Global practices / Patricia Shehan Campbell -- Transcultural childhoods / Alexandra Kertz-Welzel -- My voice is important too : non-formal music experiences and young people / Lee Higgins -- Transformative music engagement and musical flourishing / Susan A. O'Neill -- The transition from adolescent to adult music learner / Jane W. Davidson and Robert Faulkner -- Fostering lifelong engagement in music / Stephanie E. Pitts.
Summary:
'The Child as Musician' celebrates the richness and diversity of the many different ways in which children can engage in and interact with music. It presents theory - both cutting edge and classic - in an accessible way for readers by surveying research concerned with the development and acquisition of musical skills.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.