Monday, September 10, 2007

Performance as a Teaching Paradigm in a Constructivist Learning Environment

This is the beginning of a new research project I am considering:
Introduction to Research Questions
Since the rise of the virtuoso performer in the time of Franz Liszt and Paganini, performance has been viewed as an integral part of music education. Even before, in ancient antiquity and later, the fiefdoms in the Carolingian age of medieval Europe, implicit in the making of music has been a central individual or group creating sound and, in many cases, movement, for the benefit of curious onlookers. When considering the ontological concept of music, is performance an inherent part of its make-up? Said another way, does music exist apart from its performance? From a constructivist music educator perspective, these questions can be examined in view of a praxial approach to music education when contrasted with and aesthetic perspective.

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