Prevalence of Disorders Among Student Musicians

2008 ◽  
Vol 23 (4) ◽  
pp. 196-196
Author(s):  
Pavel Ryzlovsky
Keyword(s):  
Music Students ◽  
Performing Artists ◽  
Music Making ◽  
Major Shift ◽  
New Research ◽  
Ballet Dancing ◽  
September Issue

Your editorial in the September issue suggested undertaking new research on the prevalence of disorders among music students in colleges. This research could bring us still more tangible data on their incidence in performing artists (even though it would not be representative of the most numerous, also affected, but research-wise quite neglected part of the music-making and ballet-dancing population: the beginner students). I wholeheartedly welcome your suggestion, as I welcome any effort which could influence a major shift in attitude among my fellow teachers.

“The brilliance of perfection” or “pointless finish”? What virtuosity means to musicians

2018 ◽  
Vol 22 (4) ◽  
pp. 454-473 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jane Ginsborg
Keyword(s):  
Thematic Analysis ◽  
Theoretical Models ◽  
Music Students ◽  
Historical Sources ◽  
Context Analysis ◽  
Professional Musicians ◽  
Mixed Methods Approach ◽  
Music Making ◽  
Ancient Times ◽  
The 19Th Century

The concept of virtuosity has been explored by music historians and theorists from disciplines ranging from aesthetics and anthropology to semiotics. Its history goes back to ancient times, although it is often thought to culminate in the 19th century with Liszt and Paganini. Many historical sources quote well-known performers and composers but little is known as to how music students and professional musicians define virtuosity today, and what it means to them as performers and audiences. The present study was exploratory, employing a mixed methods approach. A total of 102 musicians provided open-ended responses to a short questionnaire. A keyword-in-context analysis of content was undertaken, followed by a more in-depth thematic analysis. Five main themes emerged: characteristics of virtuosity; relationship between virtuosity and (“magical”) music making; aspirations towards virtuosity; how virtuosity is achieved; and communication. Responses from students and professionals were compared and are discussed with reference to historical and current theoretical models.

High-Impact Experiences through Commissioned Works and Composer Residencies

2019 ◽  
Vol 105 (3) ◽  
pp. 30-35
Author(s):  
Micah Ewing
Keyword(s):  
Relevant Literature ◽  
Music Educators ◽  
High Impact ◽  
Music Students ◽  
Educational Context ◽  
School Communities ◽  
Music Making ◽  
Musical Works ◽  
Commissioned Works

Music students, their teachers, composers, and school communities experience deep, long-lasting growth in music-making and artistic perspective when provided with opportunities to engage in the commissioning of new musical works in conjunction with composer residencies. Through consideration of relevant literature and case-study examination, the article defines and articulates possible formats for commissioned works projects with composer residencies. A discussion of the beneficial outcomes of such projects for student musicians, music educators, composers, and constituent communities addresses reasons for coordinating projects of this nature. The article concludes with a step-by-step guide that lays out how educators can organize a commissioned work and composer residency project for their students that is appropriate for their specific educational context.

The Keyboard Instruments

2014 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-2 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ralph A Manchester
Keyword(s):  
Performing Arts ◽  
Musculoskeletal Disorder ◽  
Physical Therapist ◽  
The Other ◽  
Music Students ◽  
Growing Up ◽  
Potential Importance ◽  
Performing Artists ◽  
New Information ◽  
Authority Figures

When I was growing up, it seemed like posture was a big deal—to my parents, other (older) relatives, teachers, and other authority figures. Hardly a day passed (as I recall) without an adult telling me to stand up taller or sit up straighter. ... On the other hand, I have suggested to a number of music students who have come in to see me about a performance-related musculoskeletal disorder (PRMD) that they should talk with their teacher and a physical therapist about their posture and the effect it may be having on their body and their performance. So how can we best understand the relationships among posture, performance, and injury in the performing arts? The article by Ramella et al. in this issue of MPPA gives us some new information about the potential importance of posture for instrumental musicians. In order to provide some context for this article, I will try to give a brief overview of what we know about posture and the health of performing artists.

scholarly journals Understanding Learners’ Perspective on Creative Music Making

2014 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Dr. Durgesh K. Upadhyay
Keyword(s):  
Music Education ◽  
Creative Process ◽  
Cultural Context ◽  
New Music ◽  
Psychological State ◽  
Music Students ◽  
Creative Processes ◽  
Music Making ◽  
Creative Music ◽  
Creative Music Making

Creative music making is one of the least studied aspects of music education. This may be partly due to our limited knowledge of the creative process. There is a need to explore and understand the creative process of music making by taking perspective of music students within a particular socio cultural context. Present study aimed to explore and analyze the creative process of music making (making variations in rāga’s contents and/or compositions) by considering the vocal students’ perspective in an institutional setup. 10 vocal students (2 from Diploma, 4 from B. Mus. and 4 from M. Mus.) from two prestigious institutions of UP were interviewed (4 in-person and 6 telephonically). Thematic analysis revealed three themes – causal forces, conscious music making, and natural process of music making. Findings suggest that the particular psychological state, occasion or situation which inspires music students to visualize and forces them to create new music. Two creative processes of music making identified (i.e., conscious and natural) follow different pathways.

In the September Issue

2016 ◽  
Vol 31 (3) ◽  
pp. 185-186
Author(s):  
Donna Krasnow
Keyword(s):  
Motor Control ◽  
Knowledge Base ◽  
Injury Prevention ◽  
Performing Arts ◽  
Clinical Knowledge ◽  
Medical Problems ◽  
Performing Arts Medicine ◽  
Performing Artists ◽  
September Issue

<Abstract>It is undeniable that the research and clinical knowledge base in performing arts medicine continues to develop, as discussed in the June editorial in Medical Problems of Performing Artists. This growth in research is certainly evident in dance, as in other areas of the performing arts. The breadth of the research includes the studies of biomechanics, conditioning and supplementary training practices, injury prevention and rehabilitation, motor control, nutrition, physics, and psychology.

Attitudes and Expectations of A-Level Musicians

1993 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 205-211 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah Maidlow
Keyword(s):  
Private Schools ◽  
Current Work ◽  
Music Students ◽  
Statistical Measure ◽  
Music Making ◽  
School Music ◽  
Past Experiences

Whilst public music-making is generally perceived as largely a male domain, the perception of school music is that, at all levels, it is dominated by females. This article describes the author's attempt to find out how A-level music students see themselves in relation to their past experiences as musicians, their current work for A-level, and their potential musical future. The aim of the research was to identify differences that might exist between the perceptions of girls and boys in the sample, and between those at state-maintained and private schools.Apart from generating a psychological and autobiographical profile for the cohort as a whole, results from the students' responses were analysed by using a quantitative statistical measure. Then the autobiographies of the constituents of these groups were examined, and this threw up interesting and unlooked for similarities within them.

Rural Rhythm

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tony Russell
Keyword(s):  
Social History ◽  
Old Age ◽  
San Antonio ◽  
Country Music ◽  
Chain Stores ◽  
Crime And Punishment ◽  
Music Making ◽  
Chain Gangs ◽  
History Of ◽  
New Research

Music historian Tony Russell explores a collection of records of early country music from the 1920s and ’30s, unlocking and revealing their hidden stories. The seventy-eight essays on selected 78rpm discs explain what they tell us about the musicians who sang and played the songs and tunes, the listeners who absorbed them, and the development of the genre—old-time music—in which they found a home. To illuminate their world, the author details how they were recorded, the intentions and interventions of the companies that made the recordings, and their fates once they were issued. There are songs, and stories of songs, about home and family, love and courtship, marriage and separation, childhood and schooldays, old age and death, crime and punishment, farms and floods, chain gangs and chain stores, wagons and automobiles, dogs and mules, drink, disasters, jokes, journeys, money, memories, and much more. Drawing on new research, contemporary newspapers, and previously unpublished interviews, Rural Rhythm charts the tempos and styles of rural and small-town music-making, and the gearshift that accelerated country music from the barndance pace of the 1920s to the hyperdrive of late-’30s proto-bluegrass and Western Swing: from “The Little Old Log Cabin in the Lane” to “New San Antonio Rose.” At the same time, it notates the larger rural rhythm of life in these years in the South, Southwest, and Midwest, with its recreations, its rituals, and its oddities, to produce a narrative that blends the musical and social history of the era.

Promoting Health in Post-Secondary Music Schools

2006 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
pp. 95-96
Author(s):  
Ralph A Manchester
Keyword(s):  
Health Promotion ◽  
Injury Prevention ◽  
Performing Arts ◽  
Music Students ◽  
College Level ◽  
Performing Arts Medicine ◽  
Performing Artists ◽  
Accreditation Standard ◽  
Health Promotion In Schools ◽  
Schools Of Music

The Special Article in this issue of Medical Problems of Performing Artists has the potential to usher in a new era in improving the lives of musicians (and potentially other performing artists) around the world. The Health Promotion in Schools of Music conference that was held in Texas in the fall of 2004 brought together a rich mixture of music and performing arts medicine professionals. Stimulated by the new National Association of Schools of Music accreditation standard that requires undergraduate music students to receive instruction in injury prevention and occupational health promotion, participants in the conference worked diligently for 3 days to discuss what we know, what we don't know, and how to approach the vital yet immensely complex issue of health promotion and injury prevention for college-level music students. While the recommendations in the Special Article are intentionally broad and allow each school to develop its own program, they are based on a true state of the art analysis of the field.

Institutional Turn in Microeconomics?

2011 ◽  
pp. 122-129
Author(s):  
D. Raskov
Keyword(s):  
Research Program ◽  
Institutional Economics ◽  
Rhetorical Strategies ◽  
Microeconomic Analysis ◽  
Russian Edition ◽  
Major Shift ◽  
New Research

The article that is devoted to the appearance of the Russian edition of Samuel Bowles "Microeconomics. Behavior, Institutions, and Evolution" considers possible changes that may be brought by the new research program outlined in the book. The author analyzes the main arguments and rhetorical strategies applied by Bowles and shows that the major shift that this book may entail can be the merger of microeconomics and institutional economics that may lead to vanishing of the latter as a distinct discipline and its integration into the vast field of microeconomic analysis.

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