Computers in Music Education: Amplifying Musicality [Paperback]

Andrew Brown (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0415978513 | ISBN-13: 978-0415978514 | Publication Date: February 1, 2007

Computers in Music Education addresses the question of how computer technologies might best assist music education. For current and preservice music teachers and designed as a development tool, reference resource, and basic teaching text, it addresses pedagogical issues and the use of computers to aid production and presentation of students’ musical works.

Written by a music educator and digital media specialist, it cuts through the jargon to present a concise, easy-to-digest overview of the field, covering:

• notation software
• MIDI sound creation
• downloading music
• posting personal MP3s for mass distribution.

While there are many more technical books, few offer a comprehensive, understandable overview of the field. Computers in Music Education is an important text for the growing number of courses in this area.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"Computers in Music Education is a welcome addition to the literature on music and technology. The book is admirable in its clarity and extensive coverage of a domain that extends beyond the experience and expertise of many music educators." --Music Forum

'Computers in Music Education is a helpful book for the music education seeking to extend thei knowledge of all types of technology in instructional settings, and extends beyond the narrow focus implied by the title... As a practical guide it has many strengths, not least in its breadth of coverage, and it is likely to promote thinking about key issues for music educators.' - The British Journal of Music

About the Author

Andrew Brown is Program Manager for Digital Media and a lecturer in computer music at the Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia. He previously taught music education at the University of Melbourne. He is President of the Australasian Computer Music Association, and has served as an educational consultant to The Learning Federation for the development of online materials to teach creativity. He is also a performer and composer of electronic music.

Product Details

• Paperback: 360 pages
• Publisher: Routledge (February 1, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0415978513
• ISBN-13: 978-0415978514
• Product Dimensions: 9.9 x 7 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #527,687 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Andrew R. Brown is an educator, researcher, musician and author. He is Professor of Digital Arts at the Queensland Conservatorium of Music, Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia. His expertise is in technologies that support creativity and learning, computational music and art, and the philosophy of technology. Andrew is the author of the jMusic and SoundCipher Java computer programming libraries. His creative activities focus on real-time audio-visual works using generative processes and live-coding performances. He has additional books published via lulu.com

Customer Reviews

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Music technology as creative production, January 1, 2008

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Steve C. Dillon (Brisbane Australia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Computers in Music Education: Amplifying Musicality (Paperback)

This book provides a creative production approach to technology in music education and a clear philosophy for music practice that weaves technology into creative music making for 21st century musicians and educators. The book layout is clear and covers technology from the mundane use of spreadsheets for timetabling instrumental music lessons through to the exciting generative and algorithmic music of computer composition. The approach has strong roots in music education theory and philosophy but at the same time provides constructivist/pragmatist approaches to understanding and applying technology to music practice. This book is a must for music teachers in schools and tertiary music educators. Of particular use are the chapter summaries that give a clear and concise outline of each chapter's content which will be extremely useful for pre service teacher education students. Dr Brown's background as a computer music composer, software designer and experienced music teacher in both secondary and tertiary contexts have shaped this book into an extremely useful and practical book.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Comprehensive guide, March 9, 2008

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James Humberstone (Sydney, Australia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Computers in Music Education: Amplifying Musicality (Paperback)

In a field that changes every year, Andrew Brown's book is the most comprehensive and current that I know. I am using it as the backbone of an MTeach music tech course I'm lecturing in this year and it has at least one chapter to cover every topic the course does. It's important to understand that what this book does best is introduce technologies and ways of using them rather than spoon-feed ready-made lessons to a music teacher. There is, of course, plenty of use for the latter, but this book is for teachers who already know how they best teach music, know their repertoire and resources well, but are finding it hard to find pedagogically beneficial ways of integrating technology into the music classroom. This book will give you literally hundreds of approaches.