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Learning To Write, Catherine Cole
Learning To Write, Catherine Cole
Faculty of Creative Arts - Papers (Archive)
A few months ago an article by the distinguished American author and academic Louis Menand appeared in the New Yorker, asking whether creativewriting can or should be taught. Now I've nothing against the substance of Menand's question - about the methods and value of teaching - but I'm weary of it almost always being asked only of writing programs. Can music, for example, be taught? Should painting or literature or history be taught?
Learning Contemporary P'Ansori Pieces By Atherton And Lee: A Performer's Perspective, Lotte Latukefu
Learning Contemporary P'Ansori Pieces By Atherton And Lee: A Performer's Perspective, Lotte Latukefu
Faculty of Creative Arts - Papers (Archive)
This collection of essays published by the Australian Music Centre tackles an often mentioned but surprisingly little analysed topic. Music of the Spirit - Asian-Pacific Musical Identity consists of 18 refereed papers by prominent composers, artists and academics. The subjects of individual essays range from the use of Asian-Pacific musics in composition in the primary school classroom, to reinterpreting shakuhachi traditions in a contemporary music context. There are also many analytical articles focusing on specific works by Australian composers, including Ross Edwards, Clare Maclean and Andrián Pertout, as well as texts written from a performer's perspective. The essays in Music …