Search results for "Musical creativity"
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Localising African popular music transnationally: ‘Highlife-Travellers’ in Britain in the 1950s and 1960s
2008
The paper argues that a critical toehold for understanding the formation, modernization, and popularity of Highlife in the 1950s is its transnational dimension. To corroborate this claim, the paper puts emphasis on Highlife musicians in the UK, especially London, during this time, their musical activities and productions there, and the effects of their journeys on popular music. The growing evidence that cultural practices and processes in different locales, across national and continental boundaries, were interrelated in the making of Highlife, asks for a multi-sited study of Highlife especially with regard to the musical creativity and productivity of 1950s and 1960s. It requires further …
Orxata Sound System. Música glocal, libre, colectiva y cooperativa / Orxata Sound System. Glocal, free, collective and cooperative music
2017
Resumen: Orxata Sound System es un colectivo musical de la comarca de l’Horta (País Valenciano) que se fundó el año 2003 y que se disolvió indefinidamente el año 2014. Su existencia ha dejado huella en la escena musical del ámbito catalanófono, no solamente por su estilo, sino también porque fueron pioneros en el uso de las nuevas tecnologías tanto para crear, producir y difundir su música como para (auto)gestionarse y comunicarse con el público de manera eminentemente horizontal. Este artículo observará la trayectoria musical de Orxata Sound System haciendo especial hincapié, por un lado, en la explotación artística que desarrollaron a partir de la hibridación de dos elementos aparentement…
Collaborative Musical Creativity between Students and Adults: The Sonorous Paella
2021
While creativity is a key element of contemporary curriculum frameworks around the world, it is still insufficiently fostered in formal education settings. This study analyzes a project for collaborative musical creativity, entitled The Sonorous Paella. Participants (N = 12) were eight Year 4 secondary students, two professional musicians, an artist-in-residence, and a music teacher. Drawing on a graphic musical score, the participants worked together for 1.5 months to produce a group composition and performance. They were provided with various sound producers (instruments, everyday objects, technological devices) and were encouraged to flexibly utilize the physical space to maximize collab…