Rethinking experimental music within music education: Thoughts and feelings after a voyage through the Project INsono

Authors

  • Ana Luísa Veloso CIPEM (Research Center in Psychology of Music and Music Education) – Branch of INET-md (Institute of Ethnomusicology –Studies in music and dance) at the Porto Polytechnic College of Education Porto Polytechnic http://cipem.ese.ipp.pt/ Rua Dr. Roberto Frias, 602 4200-465 Porto Portugal https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8078-0788

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7203/LEEME.46.17409

Keywords:

Experimental Music, Music Education, Formal And Non-Formal Contexts of Learning, Creativity.

Abstract

This paper tells the story of INsono, an interactive sound installation and workshop created by a group of musicians for the 6th edition of the Big Bang in Lisbon, Portugal. To tell this story I will present my findings throughout a narrative that evolves through the analysis and interpretations of interviews with the musicians and the curator of the Big Bang Lisbon, field notes taken during the creation and the presentation of INsono, and group interviews with children about their lived experiences during the workshop. Describing the process that led to the creation of the final sound installation, I will explore, on one side, what were the main concerns and ideas of the musicians and the curator of the festival in what regards concepts such as education, childhood, music, and art, and, on the other, the perspectives of children that participated in the workshop on their experiences of INsono. This will, hopefully, lead us to a discussion where we might rethink the potentialities of experimental music in both formal and non-formal contexts of learning; moreover, it might lead us also to look at the dynamics, strategies and tools that are used in non-formal contexts as a source of inspiration to reflect on pedagogical approaches in the classroom that might enrich the musical and artistic experiences of children.

Author Biography

Ana Luísa Veloso, CIPEM (Research Center in Psychology of Music and Music Education) – Branch of INET-md (Institute of Ethnomusicology –Studies in music and dance) at the Porto Polytechnic College of Education Porto Polytechnic http://cipem.ese.ipp.pt/ Rua Dr. Roberto Frias, 602 4200-465 Porto Portugal

Ana Luísa Veloso was born in 1979. She is a integrated researcher at CIPEM / INET-md - Center for Research in Music Psychology and Music Education, Politécnico do Porto a pole of the Institute of Ethnomusicology - Center for Studies in Music and Dance. She holds a PhD in Music in the field of Education from the University of Aveiro, that she concluded with a scholarship from FCT (Foundation for Science and Technology), under the guidance of Dr. Sara Carvalho and Dr. Graça Mota. She has been developing several projects in the fields of music and education, specifically in the areas of creativity, music composition, improvisation, music in non-formal contexts, music and personal and social transformation. She has also participated in several national and international conferences through paper presentations or participation in panels; she has also published several research articles and chapters in national and international books on the topics mentioned before. She is member of the board of directors of the Portuguese Association of Music Education and a founding member of Sonoscopia Associação. She actively pursues her activity as a musician and guitar player, collaborating in several groups related to improvisation, contemporary and experimental and sound art.  

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2020-10-12

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