TY - JOUR
T1 - What can the Welsh school music sector learn from the community music movement?
AU - Smith, Rob
N1 - Rob Smith is a senior lecturer and course leader in performing arts at the Faculty of Creative Industries at the University of South Wales. He directs Wonderbrass, composes, improvises and performs music throughout the United Kingdom, Europe and, occasionally, United States. He has collaborated with musicians from around the world.
PY - 2021/4/1
Y1 - 2021/4/1
N2 - This article draws on theories of creative development articulated by Sawyer and Green as well as reflecting upon data from case studies of projects run in Wales with community ensembles Wonderbrass, South Wales Intercultural Community Arts and London-based Kinetica Bloco. It proposes a model of learning for music education in Wales that promotes active creative participation and fosters the speaking of a musical language rather than simply the reading of it. In the context of Welsh Government’s recent education review, the article advocates a music policy of creative engagement, with musical materials that go beyond the pedagogy of imitation. Here I propose a creative engagement method that empow- ers participants to interact with musical materials by creating their own musical statements within a musical style or language, whether through extemporization, improvisation or composition.
AB - This article draws on theories of creative development articulated by Sawyer and Green as well as reflecting upon data from case studies of projects run in Wales with community ensembles Wonderbrass, South Wales Intercultural Community Arts and London-based Kinetica Bloco. It proposes a model of learning for music education in Wales that promotes active creative participation and fosters the speaking of a musical language rather than simply the reading of it. In the context of Welsh Government’s recent education review, the article advocates a music policy of creative engagement, with musical materials that go beyond the pedagogy of imitation. Here I propose a creative engagement method that empow- ers participants to interact with musical materials by creating their own musical statements within a musical style or language, whether through extemporization, improvisation or composition.
KW - Welsh music education
KW - non-formal music education
KW - community music
KW - creative participation
KW - improvisation
KW - musical participation
KW - inclusive musical structures
U2 - 10.1386/jpme_00043_1
DO - 10.1386/jpme_00043_1
M3 - Article
SN - 2397-6721
VL - 5
SP - 55
EP - 70
JO - Journal of Popular Music Education
JF - Journal of Popular Music Education
IS - 1
M1 - 4
ER -