Musicians in the Making: Pathways to Creative Performance (Studies in Musical Performance as Creative Practice)

ISBN 10: 0199346674 / ISBN 13: 9780199346677

Published by Oxford University Press, 2017

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Musicians in the Making: Pathways to Creative Performance (Studies in Musical Performance as Creative Practice)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication Date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0199346674
• ISBN 13: 9780199346677
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Musicians in the Making explores the creative development of musicians in formal and informal learning contexts. It promotes a novel view of creativity, arguing that creative learning is a complex, lifelong process. Sixteen extended chapters by leading experts are featured alongside ten 'Insights' by internationally prominent performers and teachers.

About the Author

John Rink is Professor of Musical Performance Studies at the University of Cambridge. He works in the fields of Chopin studies, performance studies, music analysis, and digital applications in music. He has published six books with Cambridge University Press; is Editor in Chief of The Complete Chopin - A New Critical Edition; holds three visiting professorships and serves on the advisory boards of numerous scholarly journals and institutes; and directed the £2.1 million AHRC Research Centre for Musical Performance as Creative Practice (CMPCP) from 2009 to 2016.

Professor Helena Gaunt is Vice Principal and Director of Academic Affairs at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama, providing strategic leadership in academic development, research, enterprise and internationalisation. She is a National Teaching Fellow (2009) and Principal Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.

Aaron Williamon is Professor of Performance Science at the Royal College of Music (RCM) and Director of the Centre for Performance Science, a partnership of the RCM and Imperial College London. His research focuses on skilled performance and applied scientific initiatives that inform music learning and teaching.