Music has long been a way in which visually impaired people could gain financial
independence, excel at a highly-valued skill, or simply enjoy musical participation. Existing …

The purpose of this multiple case study was to examine the practices and perspectives of
four music teachers who integrated popular music and informal music learning practices into …

This article reports on a case-control experiment that was conducted in 2012 as part of the
Ear Playing Project (EPP) at the Institute of Education, University of London. The EPP …

Recently, a growing interest from music educators and researchers has focused on the ways
informal music learning practices could be integrated in schools' classrooms, in a response …

This paper presents findings from ethnographic case study research that investigated
teacher practices and student engagement in classroom music. The data collection was …

This article discusses findings on schooling, pedagogy and notation in the life-experiences
of amateur and professional visually-impaired musicians/music teachers, and the …

The concept of informal learning in music tends to be largely associated with the practices of
popular and other vernacular musicians. 1 Yet as we hope to show in this chapter, it may be …

state-of-the-art review of current research in the field. The opening introduction orients the
reader to the field, highlights recent developments, and draws together concepts and …

Musical Futures is an approach to music education grounded in the principles of informal
learning. Research has shown that Musical Futures has profoundly impacted teaching and …

The impact of music has been studied, and there is a growing body of evidence according to
which playing a musical instrument has a positive impact on academic achievement in …