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Apr 5, 2016 · Stephanie E. Pitts is Professor of Music Education at the University of Sheffield, and has research interests in lifelong musical engagement and the social psychology of music. She is the author of books including Chances and Choices: Exploring the Impact of Music Education (OUP, 2012), and Valuing Musical Participation (Ashgate, 2005). She is ...
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Lifelong musical engagement, infant schools, audiences, participation, benefits of music education What is claimed for music education? For well over a century, writers on music education have been making powerful claims for the benefits of including music in a rounded, creative curriculum (see Pitts, 2000; Rainbow & Cox, 2006).
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Apr 5, 2016 · Understanding and fostering routes into lifelong musical engagement | Music education has a long history of defending its place in the school curriculum, with practitioners and researchers alike ...
Apr 3, 2017 · This keynote paper from RIME 2015 draws on diverse empirical studies with infant schools, chamber music audiences and lapsed amateur musicians, using this evidence to reflect on how music educators could be more aware – and make others more aware – of their contribution to lifelong musical engagement, and of the risks, challenges and opportunities inherent in the shaping of musical lives.
Musical provision in childhood and education can be enhanced by taking this broader view of its lifelong contribution: not all children will become professional performers, but all those who have access to music will gain a greater understanding of how music is made, and many will discover qualities in themselves, as well as in music, that will shape and enhance their lives.
Oct 25, 2018 · The idea of continuing musical involvement seems of particular relevance to education when it is known that musical engagement can result in benefits to other curriculum performance (Costa-Giomi, 2014) and can also lead to an investment in music to offer routes to socio-emotional engagement and well-being across the lifespan.
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These respondents reflect on the influences and opportunities which have contributed to their lifelong engagement in music, and in doing so illustrate the impact of changes in British music education and culture over the last 50 years.
