Comprehensive+Musicianship



COMPREHENSIVE MUSICIANSHIP:

 JUANTOMAS MARTINEZ YEPEZ

Historic Note:

1965 : With the purpose of developing and improving the education of music teachers, In the Seminar on Comprehensive Musicianship was held at Northwestern University. 1967: in Warrenton, Virginia was published a document, //Procedures for Evaluation of// //Music in Contemporary Education//. 1974: //Comprehensive Musicianship Through Classroom Music// was published. There are two curricula that are examples of the Comprehensive Musicianship methodology: The Manhattanville Music Curriculum Program and the Hawaii Music Curriculum Program.

__1.- General Concept __ __2.- Musicianship and Sheet Music Detail Study and Analysis/ Tools to Increase Musicianship through Reading beyond the Musical Notes __ __3.- Comprehensive Musicianship for Singers __ __4.- Developing the interest on Musicianship in Musical Ensembles and Class Groups __

__1.- General Concept: __ __Comprehensive Musicianship (CM) is a music teaching method center in improving the understanding of the students through performance preparation. The elements involving the learning process of the music to be performed have to be considered and study. The addition of each one of the components of a musical work should result in a better performance. The understanding of the different musical, historic, technical, formal and textural aspects of what is being prepared to be performed is the objective of the Comprehensive Musicianship approach. __

__2.- Musicianship and Sheet Music Detail Study and Analysis/ Tools to Increase Musicianship through Reading beyond the Musical Notes: __

__There is a lot more information in a sheet music that what is printed on it. Beside the musical notes and musical aspects of the printed music there is a world of non displayed, and important knowledge useful to the student, teacher and performer. __ __We can divide this elements of non evident presence in sheet music as follows: __ __.- Musical material: harmonic structure, melodic material, rhythmic elements and patterns, phrase structure, and overall musical form. __ __<span style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;">.- Historical material: Dates: date of composition, dates of the composer, time frame, historic period, artistic period and style period, historic events of these periods. __ __<span style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;">.-Geographic material: Place of composition, composers nationality, general delimitation of the geographic, climatic and environmental aspects of the places related to the musical creation. __ __<span style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;">.- Philosophical and political context: Line of thought and political implications of the piece of music, the composer’s philosophy and political involvement. __

__<span style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;">3.- Comprehensive Musicianship for Singers: __ __<span style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;">In the case of the study for performance of a vocal work an additional task is implied. The words of the text gives the musical work a complete new dimension of study and analysis. The poetic material and its meaning need to be addressed with diligent attention and care. Its phonetic implications and correct articulation are a whole separated interpretative challenge. The language in which the text is written and its cultural background are crucial aspects to be considered. Questions about the author of the text, the poet or play writer are to be taken into account. __

__<span style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;">4.- Developing the interest on Musicianship in Musical Ensembles and Class Groups: __

__<span style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;">All kinds of pedagogic and didactic resources are to be used to awaken the interest of individual an collective performers in developing their comprehensive musicianship. __ __<span style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;">Technology in communication, audiovisual evolution, internet are part of the broad universe available for this propose. __ __<span style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;">Assessment: Select a simple piece of instrumental or vocal music and use the criteria exposed in this page. Expose the elements related the Comprehensive Musicianship necessary to improve its performance. Post and share your findings in “Discussion”. __

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<span style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;">Bibliographic references:

<span style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 16px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-indent: -40px;">.- Seminar on Comprehensive Musicianship--the Foundation for College Education in Music. 1965. Comprehensive musicianship. Washington, D.C.: Contemporary Music Project, Music Educators National Conference. <span style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 16px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-indent: -40px;">.- Contemporary Music Project for Creativity in Music Education. 1971. Comprehensive musicianship: an anthology of evolving thought; a discussion of the first ten years (1959-1969) of the Contemporary Music Project, particularly as they relate to the development of the theory of comprehensive musicianship, as reported in articles and speeches by those closely associated with the Project. Washington: Music Educators National Conference. <span style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 16px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-indent: -40px;">.- Burton, Leon, and William Thomson. 1974. Comprehensive musicianship through classroom music. Menlo Park, Calif: Addison Wesley. <span style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 16px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-indent: -40px;">.- Elliott, David James. 1995. Music matters: a new philosophy of music education. New York: Oxford University Press.