Advanced Musical Performance: Investigations in Higher Education Learning

Contents: Foreword; Preface. Part I Musics in Higher Education and Beyond: Western classical music studies in universities and conservatoires, Harald Jorgensen; Brilliant corners: the development of jazz in higher education, Tony Whyton; Popular music in higher education, Gareth Dylan Smith; Wha's like us? A new Scottish conservatoire tradition, Celia Duffy and Peggy Duesenberry; The epirotic vocal folk polyphony in contemporary Greece: performance and the involvement of higher education in an oral/aural tradition, Konstantinos Tsahouridis; Music performance in a `transitional era' of education: a case study of folk song performance in China, Yang Yang. Part II Musical Journeys and Educational Reflections: Concepts of ideal musicians and teachers: ideal selves and possible selves, Andrea Creech and Ioulia Papageorgi; Music, motivation and competence-acquisition across genres, Rachel Swindells and Christophe de Bezenac; Creativity and the institutional mindset, Elizabeth Haddon and John Potter; Through a glass, vividly: shedding light on the extraordinary musical journeys of some children on the autism spectrum, Adam Ockelford. Part III Performance Learning: How do musicians develop their learning about performance?, Ioulia Papageorgi and Graham Welch; Spaces of learning and the place of the conservatoire in Scottish music, Frances Morton; Pitch perception and absolute pitch in advanced performers, Desmond Sergeant and Maria Vraka; Learning free improvisation in education, Simon Rose and Raymond MacDonald; Hidden instrumental and vocal learning in undergraduate university music education, Elizabeth Haddon; Learning to be a professional singer, Filipa Martins Baptista La; Learning to be an instrumental musician, Terry Clark, Tania Lisboa and Aaron Williamon. Part IV Developing Expertise and Professionalism: Developing and maintaining expertise in musical performance, Ioulia Papageorgi; Developing expertise and professionalism: health and well-being in performing musicians, Sanchita Farruque and Alan H. D. Watson; Developing and maintaining motivation in advanced music performers, Susan Hallam; Understanding professionalism: transitions and the contemporary professional musician, Andrea Creech. Index.