Articles Published in 2017:
ISSN 2369-1581
Table of Contents: 2017 Articles
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Article #1 (June, 2017): Report from the Field(s): Music of Place in the Hudson Valley by Joshua Groffman (University of Pittsburgh at Bradford)
Article #2 (August, 2017): Positive Portrayals for Shaping Public Opinion and Promoting Inclusion: The Participation of Individuals with Disabilities in Hungarian Musical Practices by Luca Tiszai (University of Szeged Juhasz Gyula, Hungary)
Social Media Links:
(1) A Zene Gyógyító Ereje / The Healing Power of Music
(2) Special Flashmob 2015, Ars Sacra Fesztivál
(3) Átértékeled? - Az a baj (Bëlga cover)
Article #2 (August, 2017): Positive Portrayals for Shaping Public Opinion and Promoting Inclusion: The Participation of Individuals with Disabilities in Hungarian Musical Practices by Luca Tiszai (University of Szeged Juhasz Gyula, Hungary)
Social Media Links:
(1) A Zene Gyógyító Ereje / The Healing Power of Music
(2) Special Flashmob 2015, Ars Sacra Fesztivál
(3) Átértékeled? - Az a baj (Bëlga cover)
Article #1: June, 2017
Report from the Field(s): Music of Place in the Hudson Valley (Click Here for PDF of the Article or View the Article Below)
By: Joshua Groffman
Report from the Field(s): Music of Place in the Hudson Valley (Click Here for PDF of the Article or View the Article Below)
By: Joshua Groffman
Abstract: This paper examines “place music” through the lens of An Arrow Pointed Down, a multiartist audiovisual collaboration inspired by the Hudson River Valley and staged by One Quiet Plunge, a new music group I founded in 2014. Artistic and scholarly work that responds to a specific locale and the human experience in that locale are increasingly ubiquitous; through a “report from the field,” I seek to describe what makes place music seem particularly relevant to me and fellow artists in our historical moment. The discussion is prefaced by examples from the history of place-based art that frame a discussion of different techniques by which composers create place pieces. Through analysis of An Arrow Pointed Down works and interviews with the artists involved, the project is shown as a wide-ranging index of our contemporary preoccupations and how the idea of “place” informs our view of ourselves and our world.
Key Words: place music, contemporary composition, multimedia |
Author Bio: Joshua Groffman is a composer, music theorist, and Assistant Professor of Music at the University of Pittsburgh at Bradford. Recent performances include those with Vital Opera, American Composers Orchestra, Ensemble Laboratorium, Aspen Contemporary Ensemble, New York New Music Collective, Poné Ensemble for New Music, Delaware Valley Chorale, Ars Musica Chorale, Duo 231, and the Bard College Vocal Arts Program. His scholarly work focuses on student engagement and active learning in the music theory classroom and issues of form and temporality in the French spectralist repertoire.
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Article #2: August, 2017
Positive Portrayals for Shaping Public Opinion and Promoting Inclusion: The Participation of Individuals with Disabilities in Hungarian Musical Practices (Click Here for PDF of the Article or View the Article Below)
By: Luca Tiszai
Positive Portrayals for Shaping Public Opinion and Promoting Inclusion: The Participation of Individuals with Disabilities in Hungarian Musical Practices (Click Here for PDF of the Article or View the Article Below)
By: Luca Tiszai
Abstract: The purpose of this article is to help stimulate positive portrayals of individuals with disabilities. Sharing quality artworks on social media can be a powerful promotion of social inclusion. The author will discuss this issue based on the example of three distinct Hungarian musical projects that were published on YouTube in 2015. Positive media representations cannot be oversimplified one-dimensional stereotypes, but should express seemingly contradictory issues, showing but not emphasizing disabilities. In order to avoid negative images, this article will also discuss a number of stereotypes, media representations, and theoretical concepts regarding individuals with disabilities. The Community Music Therapy Approach provides a wider perspective to understand the connection between musicians, their audience, and the wider social context assuming that an ever-changing system of shared musical performance has a power to influence public opinion by promoting social inclusion.
Key Words: community music therapy, disabilities, social inclusion |
Author Bio: Luca Tiszai graduated at Ötvös Lorand University in 2000 in special education and earned her second degree in music education in 2004. In 2013, she earned her masters degree in Andragogy at Pazmany Péter Catholic University. Her musical background is based on the Kodály method, and her area of expertise lies in working with individuals with different disabilities. Since 2007, she has worked with individuals living with severe disabilities. Luca has developed a pedagogical method called Consonante and has also established a performing orchestra with her clients. She currently teaches at the University of Szeged Juhasz Gyula, Faculty of Education Institute of Special Education.
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