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Feb 15, 2018 · In understanding the range of ethnic and religious identity assimilations, the author created a cross-cultural music therapy tool for general suggestions of use of music therapy techniques, instrument choices, and musical idioms.
- Hakeem Leonard
- 2018
Mar 4, 2015 · Culture-Centered Music Therapy is a broad and developing orientation within the discipline and practice of music therapy that highlights how humans develop their capacities through participation in society, where culture operates as a resource for action.
- Introduction
- Intercultural Collaboration, Music-Culture and Hybridity
- Hybridity Strains: An Analytical Model
- Methodology
- Project Analysis
- Conclusion
- Endnotes
Intercultural musical collaboration presents many practical, aesthetic and ethical challenges. Not only are there significant differences to navigate between musical practices, systems and performance traditions, but social factors, such as each participant’s perception of their function within the ensemble, play an integral role. When aspects from...
The combining of different musical cultures is a complex issue. Unavoidably, both the process and its discussion bear a multitude of potential pitfalls, the avoidance of which requires much careful deliberation. As a performer-composer a number of texts have guided my approach, ranging across a broad field of enquiry, enabling profound questions to...
This section draws from various historical, cultural and political contexts to establish a system of categorization for the various hybridity strains explored throughout this project. The descriptions in section 2.1 have been adapted from counterpart notions presented in other disciplines to properly define each hybridity strain, and more pertinent...
Strung Together sought to advance suitable working methods to explore the impact points between coexistence, assimilation, and synthesis within intercultural musical collaborations. The focus was not on producing works that explicitly ‘achieve’ one hybridity strain as a fixed state of interaction, but to examine the movement amid the boundaries. It...
This section provides a brief synopsis of each performance piece, discussing any noteworthy observations made during the rehearsal process and examining the musical outcomes in relation to hybridity strain. Drawing from Wren’s ‘Discursive Interculturality’ as a means to critique intercultural work, I have considered qualitative and semiotic factors...
By considering the various ‘hybridity strains’ that emerge during intercultural-improvisatory collaborations, this practice-led case study has enabled me to develop, test and reflect upon an innovative working methodology which may serve as a model for others working in similar territories moving forward. Fundamental to the process was the use of s...
Frank Camilleri and Maria Kapsali, ‘On Hybridity’, Performance Research, 25/4 (2020), 1–6. See, for example, Marwan M. Kraidy, ‘Hybridity in Cultural Globalization’, Communication Theory, 12/3 (2002), 316–39. Diaspora Arts Connection (www.diasporaartsconnection.org) is a non-profit organization that produces events which foster deeper understanding...
Mar 3, 2023 · As a multimodal activity that invites cognitive, emotional, social, and physical engagement, music provides an embodied and situated experience that is deeply intertwined with cultural traditions and attitudes (DeNora, 2000).
In time, ethnic fusion became a favorite way for adventurous contemporary instrumental musicians to broaden their sound with new rhythms or non-Western instrumentation; others came naturally to a particular ethnic music and fused it with a contemporary instrumental/new age sensibility.
Dec 16, 2020 · Scientifically accepted physiological outcome measures have shown the benefits of music interventions for older adults regardless of cultural or ethnic differences. For example, neuroimaging research supports the clinically derived notion that music can address needs of people with dementia.
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Mar 11, 2020 · Abstract. Previous literature in music therapy suggests a need for greater clarity and insight concerning correlations between music and spirituality for the modern clinician. The purpose of this article is to provide a clear explanation of these correlations and some possible implications for the practice of music therapy.
