CANCELLED DUE TO ILLNESS
Reclaiming Childhood Lecture Series
"Musically Expressive Children: Natural or Nurtured? "
Wednesday, April 5th
5pm
Lectures are free and open to the public
Patricia Campbell (School of Music, University of Washington)
Children are born musical. Or are they? They came into the world sounding their own signal, and ever since their grand entrance they make their musical way forward—some more so than others. Why? Living within communities that value musical engagement as important to their artistic-expressive-social-emotional development, children sing, dance and play in ways that are deeply human. What about communities that slice the arts away from the schooling of children? This lecture takes a look into children’s musical play and experiences in playing music by way of considering their incipient musical utterances and responses, their musical socialization by elders, peers, and the media, and the efforts taken to grow the skills that allow them to sing and play within families, communities, and schools. Where do parents take the lead in nurturing the natural, and how can the pros take it from there?
Patricia Campbell teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in music education, including music for children, world music pedagogy, sociology of music, and research methods. She was named Donald E. Petersen Professor of Music in 2000, and continues to hold this appointment offered to accomplished faculty at the University of Washington. Her interests include music in early and middle childhood, world music in education, and the use of movement as a pedagogical tool. Campbell has published widely on issues of cross-cultural music learning, children’s musical development, music methods for children, and pedagogical approaches to the study of world music in K-12 schools and university courses. Campbell ’s latest work is Teaching Music Globally (2004), one of multiple volumes within the Oxford University Press Global Music Series, for which she serves as co-editor. She is a certified teacher of Dalcroze Eurhythmics, and continues her study of music’s transmission processes through applied lessons with visiting artists, culture-bearers, and community musicians.
Communications 226, University of Washington