Music Performance Review
Music
James C. Taylor
Music Performance Review
Music
John Von Rhein
Record Review
Music
Christopher Webber
Record Review
Music
Scott Yanow
Record Review
Music
Scott Yanow
Article
Education & Educational Research
Miren Perez-Eizaguirre, Esperanza Vergara-Moragues, Jesus Privado
Summary: This study conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis on the effect of formal music training on cognitive development, specifically on executive functions, memory, and intelligence. The findings suggest that formal music training is associated with higher scores in executive function, memory, and intelligence, with stronger effects observed in professional musicians.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MUSIC EDUCATION
(2023)
Article
Music
Timothea Armour
Summary: In Scotland, experimental and non-commercial art and music practices have shared physical space and exhibited fluidity between artists and audiences. This paper discusses the philosophical overlap, differences, and influence between DIY art and music practices through two qualitative studies.
CONTEMPORARY MUSIC REVIEW
(2023)
Article
Music
Evangelos Chrysagis
Summary: This article examines the relationship between contemporary art spaces and DIY music in Glasgow, highlighting the transition of galleries into music venues and social spaces. It explores how the Centre for Contemporary Arts and Transmission have facilitated the cross-pollination between DIY music and contemporary art after the 2008 financial crisis. The research emphasizes the reciprocal relationship between DIY music and contemporary art institutions, as art galleries provide a platform for DIY musicians.
CONTEMPORARY MUSIC REVIEW
(2023)
Article
Music
Ernest Patrick Monte
Summary: Patriotic music has played a significant role in Kenya's history, fostering community and addressing people's needs and aspirations. The Permanent Presidential Music Commission is responsible for selecting and presenting music for important occasions, ensuring they align with the government's social and political ideals. However, this selection process may reinforce government slogans and agendas.
MUZIKI-JOURNAL OF MUSIC RESEARCH IN AFRICA
(2023)
Article
Music
Derek R. Ford
Summary: This article explores the relationship between sound and education in the urban environment, drawing on the writings of Jean-Francois Lyotard. It highlights the privatisation of hearing and listening in the contemporary urban setting, and argues that the dominant focus on listening and hearing neglects the importance of not listening. The article proposes three forms of sonic pedagogy - hearing, listening, and not listening - which have the potential to challenge the prevailing listening practices and reorient the urban towards thought and childhood.
CONTEMPORARY MUSIC REVIEW
(2023)
Article
Music
Tiernan Cross
Summary: This paper examines the taxonomy and graphical notation in electroacoustic music, focusing on the spatial categorizations of sound shape. It argues that despite the codependency of frequency, space, and time, spatial categorizations have been relatively ignored in academia. The paper presents a notational system that addresses the interdependence between spatial and spectral sound shapes, using Cartesian-coordinate sound environments as a context. It also discusses the importance of audio technologies in analyzing and understanding sound shape, and proposes a spatial notation that can better represent the complete form of sound shape.
Article
Music
Tomasz Misiak, Marcin Olejniczak
Summary: This article explores the role of the radio as an artistic instrument and discusses contemporary and historical art experiments involving the sound or reception of radio. It focuses on Polish artists who have used radio in their artwork, either as a source of sound or as a medium to collect and transmit surrounding sounds.
Article
Psychology, Educational
Deimante Kavaliauskaite, Tauseef Gulrez, Warren Mansell
Summary: There may be a link between interpersonal synchronization and sense of connectedness to others in both music and non-music tasks, according to evidence so far. The current study used an impromptu music-making task to study the relationship between spontaneous synchronization and sense of connectedness. Participants who showed longer periods of spontaneous synchronization during the task reported greater connectedness with the group members.
PSYCHOLOGY OF MUSIC
(2023)
Article
Computer Science, Interdisciplinary Applications
Danilo B. Seufitelli, Gabriel P. Oliveira, Mariana O. Silva, Clarisse Scofield, Mirella M. Moro
Summary: Hit Song Science (HSS) is an emerging field that aims to uncover the dynamics of success within the music industry from a computer science perspective. This survey provides a comprehensive review and a generic workflow framework for researching HSS, as well as taxonomy classification for success measures, musical features, and learning algorithms. It holds significant importance for future research in the field.
JOURNAL OF NEW MUSIC RESEARCH
(2023)
Article
Education & Educational Research
Rolando Angel-Alvarado, Olga Belletich, Miguel R. Wilhelmi
Summary: This study examines didactic transposition in music lessons and finds that it depends on the teacher's beliefs, with some prioritizing music theory and others focusing on holistic development. Didactic transposition is important for achieving didactical suitability and explaining the characteristics of didactic contracts.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MUSIC EDUCATION
(2023)
Article
Music
Jean-Baptiste Masson
Summary: This article traces the history of the use and reception of field recordings on radio in France and Britain, outside the conventional categories of art or music. It shows that radio producers had diverse reactions to the use of sonic ambiences recorded in the field, and highlights the emergence of these recordings as new sonic objects in the field of radio broadcasting.
Article
Psychology, Educational
Wendy L. Sims, Charlene Ryan
Summary: This study explores the relationship between music performance anxiety (MPA) and the impostor phenomenon (IP) and finds a strong positive correlation between higher levels of MPA and higher frequency of impostor feelings. Over 75% of participants experience clinically high levels of MPA and frequent to intense impostor feelings. Performers discuss their experiences related to the pandemic, with some finding little fulfillment in performing without an audience, others finding virtual performances less stressful than live, and concerns about a potential setback in dealing with performance anxiety due to the long period without in-person performances.
PSYCHOLOGY OF MUSIC
(2023)
Article
Music
Stephanie Macarthur, Jane Davidson, Amanda Krause
Summary: This study utilized Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis and Participatory Action Research to investigate the practice of 14 seven-year-old beginner cellists during early learning. It identified four approaches to practice, a three-phase practice process, and the influence of perfection ideation. The findings highlight the significance of children's perceptions of musical development and the role of parents and teachers in nurturing engagement.
RESEARCH STUDIES IN MUSIC EDUCATION
(2023)
