Musical Creativities in Real World Practice
Pamela Burnard
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Pamela's career has been woven from a combination of experiences as a professional musician, performer, educator, academic and researcher in Australia, USA and England from where she holds degrees in Music Performance, Music Education, and Education. Her primary interest is in understanding the creativities that inhere in music practice and in pushing the boundaries of contemporary thought on creative practices in music and arts education. She is internationally known for her work in the areas of children's creativity, community and professional music making, creative learning and teaching, individual, communal, collective, collaborative and intercultural creativities, and their pedagogic practices and assessment. She is currently co-convener of the British Educational Research Association, Creativity SIG; co-editor of the British Journal of Music Education, Associate Editor of Psychology of Music and Guest Editor of Special Issues on Creativity for the UNESCO Observatory E-Journal.