Creative and Critical Projects in Classroom Music

John Finney taught music in secondary schools before teaching at Reading University, Homerton College and the University of Cambridge, where he led the postgraduate secondary course in music education. He has published widely on the interface between public policy and classroom practice in music education. Chris Philpott is Reader in Music Education at the University of Greenwich, London. He has written and edited books, articles, online texts and resources that are widely used in initial teacher education and academic music education programmes. Gary Spruce began his career as a secondary school music teacher. He is now subject leader for the pre-service music teacher education course at Birmingham City University. He has published widely on music education, particularly focusing on the relationship between music education and social justice and the professional development of teachers.

Part 1 Introductions 1. Purposes and Parameter 2. John Paynter – Thinker 3. Voices Part 2 Critical Issues in Creative Music Making 1. Recontextualising Sound and Silence 2. Conceptions of the Creative Process in Music and Arts Education 3. Giving Value to Musical Creativity 4. Creativity as Ideology 5. Being and Becoming Musically Creative: A view from early childhood 6. The Pedagogies of the Creative Classroom: Towards a socially just music education 7. Music and the Making of Meaning 8. The Role of Community in Defining 21st-Century Creative Practice: A design-led approach Part 3 The Projects 1. Shapes into Music, Music into Shapes 2. Rhythms, Rhymes and Beats in Time 3. Propaganda, Protest and Politics 4. Making Music for a Space 5. Music and Place 6. Soundscapes of the Self 7. Music Technology and the Loop Sampler 8. Exploring Musical Sketchbooks 9. Repeats and Refrains 10. Concurrent Design 11. Musical Revisionism 12. Layering and Repetition 13. The One-Minute Solo 14. Rain 15. Eccentric 16. Dash and Dionysus Epilogue