When we think of composers, we usually envision an isolated artist separate from the
orchestra—someone alone in a study, surround by staff paper—and in Europe and America …

Qualitative research is an umbrella term for a wide array of genres. Recognizing the
differences in intellectual traditions, purposes, units of analysis, and foci of qualitative …

Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to examine information seeking behaviour targeted to
music information seeking by amateur musicians, accompanied with empirical evidence …

Educational policies tend to be shaped by the interaction of sociohistorical contexts with
global forces, for which the issues of diversity and inclusion in music education are …

This article presents a history of mediated pedagogy in the Suzuki Method, the first
widespread approach to learning an instrument in which sound recordings were central …

Participation in competition festivals—where students and ensembles compete against each
other for high scores and accolades—is a widespread practice in North American formal …

While it seems many music educators share an enthusiasm for music festivals, others do not.
Discrepancies seem to be rooted in the perceived educational outcomes in terms of musical …

In recent years, comparative education and comparative music education became important
fields of research. Due to globalization, but also to international student assessments, it is …

Focus: Music in Contemporary Japan explores a diversity of musics performed in Japan
today, ranging from folk song to classical music, the songs of geisha to the screaming of …

Names: Heinrich, Patrick, editor.| Ohara, Yumiko, editor. Title: Routledge handbook of
Japanese sociolinguistics/edited by Patrick Heinrich and Yumiko Ohara. Description: New …