Copyright
Susan Hallam; Evangelos Himonides;Published On
2022-07-11ISBN
Language
- English
Print Length
846 pages (xviii+828)Dimensions
Weight
Media
OCLC Number
1335598895LCCN
2021386022BIC
- AVA
- JHMC
- JMH
BISAC
- MUS006000
- MUS020000
- MUS007000
- MUS015000
LCC
- ML3830
Keywords
- music education
- music practice
- psychology
- listening to music
- making music
- music therapy
- meta-research
The Power of Music
An Exploration of the Evidence
- Susan Hallam (author)
- Evangelos Himonides (author)
Building on her earlier work, 'The Power of Music: A Research Synthesis of the Impact of Actively Making Music on the Intellectual, Social and Personal Development of Children and Young People', this volume by Susan Hallam and Evangelos Himonides is an important new resource in the field of music education, practice, and psychology.
A well-signposted text with helpful subheadings, 'The Power of Music: An Exploration of the Evidence' gathers and synthesises research in neuroscience, psychology, and education to develop our understanding of the effects of listening to and actively making music. Its chapters address music’s relationship with literacy and numeracy, transferable skills, its impact on social cohesion and personal wellbeing, as well as the roles that music plays in our everyday lives.
Considering evidence from large population samples to individual case studies and across age groups, the authors also pose important methodological questions to the research community. 'The Power of Music' defends qualitative research against a requirement for randomised control trials that can obscure the diverse and often fraught contexts in which people of all ages and backgrounds are exposed to, and engage with, music.
This magnificent and comprehensive volume allows the evidence about the power of music to speak for itself, thus providing an essential directory for those researching music education and its social, personal, and cognitive impact across human ages and experiences.
Contents
1. Introduction
(pp. 1–14)- Susan Hallam
- Evangelos Himonides
2. Music and Neuroscience
(pp. 15–42)- Susan Hallam
- Evangelos Himonides
3. Aural Perception and Language Skills
(pp. 43–78)- Susan Hallam
- Evangelos Himonides
4. Literacy and Related Language Skills
(pp. 79–106)- Susan Hallam
- Evangelos Himonides
5. Music, Spatial Reasoning and Mathematical Performance
(pp. 107–132)- Susan Hallam
- Evangelos Himonides
6. The Impact of Musical Engagement on Memory
(pp. 133–170)- Susan Hallam
- Evangelos Himonides
7. Executive Functioning and Self-Regulation
(pp. 171–198)- Susan Hallam
- Evangelos Himonides
8. Intellectual Development
(pp. 199–222)- Susan Hallam
- Evangelos Himonides
9. Musicians and Creativity
(pp. 223–236)- Susan Hallam
- Evangelos Himonides
10. General Attainment
(pp. 237–260)- Susan Hallam
- Evangelos Himonides
11. Music and Studying
(pp. 261–318)- Susan Hallam
- Evangelos Himonides
12. Re-Engagement and Motivation
(pp. 319–274)- Susan Hallam
- Evangelos Himonides
13. Personal, Social and Physical Development
(pp. 375–412)- Susan Hallam
- Evangelos Himonides
14. Psychological Wellbeing
(pp. 413–478)- Susan Hallam
- Evangelos Himonides
15. Music and Physical and Mental Health
(pp. 479–550)- Susan Hallam
- Evangelos Himonides
16. Music, Inclusion and Social Cohesion
(pp. 551–572)- Susan Hallam
- Evangelos Himonides
17. Music in Everyday Life
(pp. 573–592)- Susan Hallam
- Evangelos Himonides
- Susan Hallam
- Evangelos Himonides
Contributors
Susan Hallam
(author)Professor Susan Hallam (MBE) studied the violin at the Royal Academy of Music prior to becoming Principal 2nd violin in the BBC Midland Light Orchestra and Deputy Leader of Orchestra da Camera. She studied for her BA in psychology externally with London University and for her MSc in the Psychology of Education and her PhD at the Institute of Education, University of London. She is currently Emerita Professor of Education and Music Psychology at University College London, Institute of Education. She is a past editor of the Psychology of Music and Music Performance Research. She has been Chair of the Education Section of the British Psychological three times and is an Academician of the Learned Societies for the Social Sciences. She has been awarded lifelong honorary membership of the British Psychological Society and the International Society for Music Education. In 2020 she was awarded a Music & Drama Education Lifetime Achievement Award.Her research interests in music include practising, performing, musical ability, musical understanding and the wider impact of engagement with music. She is the author of numerous books related to music including: Instrumental Teaching: A Practical Guide to Better Teaching and Learning (1998); The Power of Music (2001); Music Psychology in Education (2005); Preparing for Success: A Practical Guide for Young Musicians (2012) (with Helena Gaunt); Active Ageing with Music (2014) (with Andrea Creech, Maria Varvarigou and Hilary McQueen); The Impact of Actively Making Music on the Intellectual, Social and Personal Development of Children and Young People: A Research Synthesis (2015); The Psychology of Music (2018); and Contexts for Music Learning and Participation: Developing and Sustaining Musical Possible Selves (with Andrea Creech and Maria Varvarigou). She is editor of The Oxford Handbook of Psychology of Music (2009, 2016) (with Ian Cross and Michael Thaut); Music Education in the 21st Century in the United Kingdom: Achievements, Analysis and Aspirations (2010) (with Andrea Creech); and The Routledge International Handbook of Music Psychology in Education and the Community (2021) (with Andrea Creech and Donald Hodges).
Evangelos Himonides
(author)Dr Evangelos Himonides held the University of London's first ever lectureship in music technology education and now holds the country's first ever Chair in Technology, Education, and Music. Evangelos works at University College London, where he leads a number of courses and supervises doctoral and post-doctoral research. At postgraduate level, he has led and now serves the MA in Music Education programme at UCL, with courses in 'Music Technology in Education' and 'Choral Conducting, Leadership and Communication'. At undergraduate level, Evangelos developed UCL's first ever music-related course in the Institution's near two-century history, which is called 'Interactions of Music & Science' and offered under the innovative Bachelors of Arts and Sciences (BASc) programme. He is fellow of the RSA and Chartered Fellow (FBCS CITP) of the British Computer Society. As a musician, technologist and educator, Evangelos has had an ongoing career in experimental research in the fields of Psychoacoustics, Music Perception, Music Cognition, IT, Human-Computer Interaction, Special Needs, the Singing Voice & Singing Development. Publications currently number over two hundred in high-profile international journals, such as Frontiers of Psychology and Cognitive Science, Psychology of Music, IJME, RSME, Journal of Voice, Logopedics Phoniatrics Vocology. Evangelos has been working on numerous funded research projects for leading UK Research Councils such as the AHRC, ESRC, EPSRC, grant-making foundations/charities such as The Paul Hamlyn Foundation, RNIB, the AmberTrust and the Esmée Fairbairn Foundation, government agencies/departments (such as DfES, QCA) and also the European Union.Evangelos is associate editor for the Journal of Music, Technology and Education (Intellect), associate editor of Frontiers in Psychology, past associate editor for the Journal Logopedics Phoniatrics Vocology (Informa Healthcare), reviews editor for Psychology of Music (SAGE), editor of the Society for Education and Music Psychology Research (SEMPRE) Conference Series, and section editor for 'technology' for the Oxford Handbook of Music Education. Evangelos has co-edited, with Andrew King, two key volumes in Technology, Music and Education, published by Routledge.As a sound engineer and researcher, Evangelos has recorded in numerous venues (including York Minster, St. Paul's, RCM), with various artists such as Derek Lee Ragin (Farinelli), Vanessa Mae (SONY BMG) and Jarvis Cocker (Pulp) and for numerous media productions (for the BBC, Ch5, Discovery Channel, RTL, CBS, PBS, History Channel). Evangelos has developed the free online technologies for Sounds of Intent, Inspire-Music and the Online Afghan Rubab Tutor. In his spare time, Evangelos likes to record music, play guitar, and handcraft musical instruments in order to raise funds for his charitable work.