1st Edition

Higher Education in Music in the Twenty-First Century

Edited By Björn Heile, Eva Moreda Rodriguez, Jane Stanley Copyright 2018
224 Pages
by Routledge

224 Pages 12 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

224 Pages 12 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

In this book, the contributors reconsider the fundamentals of Music as a university discipline by engaging with the questions: What should university study of music consist of? Are there any aspects, repertoires, pieces, composers and musicians that we want all students to know about? Are there any skills that we expect them to be able to master? How can we guarantee the relevance, rigour and... Read more

Introduction Björn Heile, with Eva Moreda Rodriguez 1. Should There Be a 21st century ‘Complete Kapellmeister’? The Skills, Content and Purposes of a University Music Degree John Butt 2. The Learning Community, a Quodlibet Martin Parker-Dixon 3. Integrative Music History: Rethinking Music since 1900 Björn Heile 4. The Many Voices of ‘Art Song’ David Code 5. The Music Industries: Theory, Practice and Vocations – a Polemical Intervention Martin Cloonan and John Williamson 6. Writing about Music in the 21st Century Eva Moreda Rodriguez 7. Assessing Making and Doing Nick Fells 8. The Teaching of Creative Practice within Higher Music Education: Guerrilla Learning Objectives (GLOs) and the Importance of Negotiation Louise Harris and David McGuinness 9. On Teaching Composition: Why it Can Be Taught and Why that Matters Bill Sweeney 10. A Reflective Dialogue on Teaching Composition Drew Hammond and Jane Stanley

Biography

Bjorn Heile is Professor of Music (post-1900) at the University of Glasgow.



Eva Moreda Rodri­guez is Lecturer in Music at the University of Glasgow, having completed her PhD at Royal Holloway College in 2010.



Jane Stanley is an Australian-born composer and Senior Lecturer in Music at the University of Glasgow.