MUSIC MAKING AND CIVIC IMAGINATION

CAMLIN, DAVE

ISBN 10: 1789388023 / ISBN 13: 9781789388022

Published by Intellect Ltd, 2023

Seller Inventory # NWUS9781789388022

Synopsis:

In a world facing multiple existential crises, music might be seen as little more than a distraction. However, in this synthesis of ideas developed over a decade, a timely re-appraisal of the potential of musicing for human flourishing is presented, emphasising its role in the history of human evolution alongside its potential as a resource for sustainable development. 

A holistic philosophy of music is outlined which recognises the complex web of meaning which spreads across complementary musical dimensions of performance and participation, whilst emphasising the ‘paramusical’ benefits which arise from both. Highlighting the notion that the social bonds which arise from musicing share much of the neurobiological underpinnings of attachment and love, musicing is presented as a resource with the potential for facilitating ethical human connection.

The humanistic values which are thereby materialised during musicing – love, reciprocity and justice – form the experiential grounds for inhabiting alternative social realities. The book addresses how such a holistic philosophy of music might be implemented in practice, drawing on the author’s professional praxis as a performer, educator, community musician, composer and researcher, in particular their experience of musician education at Sage Gateshead, Royal College of Music and Trinity-Laban Conservatoire in the UK.

About the Author:

Dr Dave Camlin BA (Hons), PGCE, DProf is an award-winning musician from Cumbria (UK) whose practice spans performance, composition, teaching, community music and research. He lectures in music education at the Royal College of Music and Trinity-Laban Conservatoire in London. His research interests include: community music, especially group singing; music, health and wellbeing; musician education. He has pioneered the use of Sensemaker® ‘distributed ethnography’ as a research method for understanding artistic and cultural experiences. His recent book Music Making and Civic Imagination (Intellect, 2023) explores the potential of musicing as both a complex adaptive system (CAS) and a global resource for sustainability.

Contact: Royal College of Music, Prince Consort Road, South Kensington, London, SW7 2BS, UK; Trinity Laban, King Charles Court, Old Royal Naval College Greenwich, London, SE10 9JF, UK.

Bibliographic Details

Title: MUSIC MAKING AND CIVIC IMAGINATION
Publisher: Intellect Ltd
Publication Date: 2023
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: NEW