The Child as Musician

A handbook of musical development

Second Edition

Edited by Gary E. McPherson

Synthesizes a vast body of research from across the globe, resulting in a book with broad international appeal and relevance
Provides an overview of the biological, environmental, social, cultural and historical factors that have shaped the acquisition of musical skills, understandings and attitudes
Draws on research from a variety of disciplines, including music, psychology, education, sociology, philosophy and medicine

New to this Edition:

The book has been expanded from 24 to 35 chapters, including mostly new chapters rather than revisions of the former chapters.
Substantial enough to be used as a set text in a upper level undergraduate or graduate course in music education or music education (which is how the first edition was used)
The original style of the book which encompassed five subdivisions dealing with Development, Engagement, Differences, Skills, and Contexts has been maintained.

The Child as Musician

A handbook of musical development

Second Edition

Edited by Gary E. McPherson

Description

The new edition of The Child as Musician: A Handbook of Musical Development celebrates celebrates the richness and diversity of the many different ways in which children can engage in and interact with music. It presents theory - both cutting edge and classic - in an accessible way for readers by surveying research concerned with the development and acquisition of musical skills. The focus is on musical development from conception to late adolescences, although the bulk of the coverage concentrates on the period when children are able to begin formal music instruction (from around age 3) until the final year of formal schooling (around age 18).

There are many conceptions of how musical development might take place, just as there are for other disciplines and areas of human potential. Consequently, the publication highlights the diversity in current literature dealing with how we think about and conceptualise children's musical development. Each of the authors has searched for a better and more effective way to explain in their own words and according to their own perspective, the remarkable ways in which children engage with music.

In the field of educational psychology there are a number of publications that survey the issues surrounding child and adolescent development. Some of the more innovative present research and theories, and their educational implications, in a style that stresses the fundamental interplay among the biological, environmental, social and cultural influences at each stage of a child's development. Until now, no similar overview has existed for child and adolescent development in the field of music. The Child as Musician addresses this imbalance, and is essential for those in the fields of child development, music education, and music cognition.

The Child as Musician

A handbook of musical development

Second Edition

Edited by Gary E. McPherson

Section 1: Development
1. Prenatal Development, Richard Parncutt
2. Reflections on Infants as Musical Connoisseurs, Sandra E. Trehub and Franziska Dege?
3. The Child Musician's Brain, Donald A. Hodges
4. Musicality, Susan Hallam
5. Music cognition in childhood, Kathleen A. Corrigall and E. Glenn Schellenberg
6. Musical Agency, Jackie Wiggins
7. The potential impact of autism on musical development, Adam Ockelford
Section 2: Engagement
8. Music and Nonmusical Abilities, E. Glenn Schellenberg
9. Musical Literacy: Reading traditional clef notation, Janet Mills & Gary E. McPherson
10. Musical Literacy: Music as language, Chris Philpott
11. Engaging in a sound musicianship, Andrew Brown
12. Underlying Mechanisms and Processes in the Development of Emotion Perception in Music, Emery Schubert & Gary E. McPherson
13. Felt Experiences of Popular Musics, David J. Elliott & Marissa Silverman
14. Children, Popular Music, and Identity, Sharon G. Davis
15. The Child as Music Critic, Paul Woodford
16. How and why do musical preferences change in childhood and adolescence?, David J. Hargreaves, Adrian C. North, & Mark Tarrant
Section 3: Differences
17. Motivation, Paul Evans
18. Building gifts into musical talents, Gary E. McPherson & Aaron Williamon
19. Inclusive Music Classrooms: A Universal Approach, Judith A. Jellison
20. Music and Wellbeing during Illness, Costanza Preti & Katrina S. McFerran
21. Adolescent Music Is Not Problematic, Katrina S. McFerran
Section 4: Skills
22. Playing an instrument, Gary E. McPherson, Jane W. Davidson and Paul Evans
23. Building performance confidence, Margaret Sarah Osborne
24. Singing and vocal development, Graham Welch
25. Musical play, Kathryn Marsh & Susan Young
26. The Individual and Social Worlds of Children's Musical Creativities, Pamela Burnard and Hsu-Chan Kuo
27. Computer-Based Technology, Peter Webster
Section 5: Contexts
28. Historical Perspectives, Gordon Cox
29. Child as Musical Apprentice, Frank Abrahams & Daniel Abrahams
30. Global Practices, Patricia Shehan Campbell
31. Transcultural Childhoods, Alexandra Kertz-Welzel
32. My Voice is Important Too: Non-formal Music Experiences and Young People, Lee Higgins
33. Transformative Music Engagement and Musical Flourishing, Susan A. O'Neill
34. The transition from adolescent to adult music learner, Jane W. Davidson & Robert Faulkner
35. Fostering lifelong engagement in music, Stephanie E. Pitts

The Child as Musician

A handbook of musical development

Second Edition

Edited by Gary E. McPherson

Author Information

Gary E. McPherson, Melbourne Conservatorium of Music, University of Melbourne, Australia, Ormond Professor and Director

Contributors:

Richard Parncutt
Sandra E. Trehub and Franziska Dege?
Donald A. Hodges
Susan Hallam
Kathleen A. Corrigall and E. Glenn Schellenberg
Jackie Wiggins
Adam Ockelford
E. Glenn Schellenberg
Janet Mills & Gary E. McPherson
Chris Philpott
Andrew Brown
Emery Schubert & Gary E. McPherson
David J. Elliott & Marissa Silverman
Sharon G. Davis
Paul Woodford
David J. Hargreaves, Adrian C. North, & Mark Tarrant
Paul Evans
Gary E. McPherson & Aaron Williamon
Judith A. Jellison
Costanza Preti & Katrina S. McFerran
Katrina S. McFerran
Gary E. McPherson, Jane W. Davidson and Paul Evans
Margaret Sarah Osborne
Graham Welch
Kathryn Marsh & Susan Young
Pamela Burnard and Hsu-Chan Kuo
Peter Webster
Gordon Cox
Frank Abrahams & Daniel Abrahams
Patricia Shehan Campbell
Alexandra Kertz-Welzel
Lee Higgins
Susan A. O'Neill
Jane W. Davidson & Robert Faulkner
Stephanie E. Pitts

The Child as Musician

A handbook of musical development

Second Edition

Edited by Gary E. McPherson

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