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Vahad, tnen, tleti, arbaa! En studie om flerbruksarrangement i en flyktningleir.
No full textNorges musikkhøgskole. Masteroppgave. MusikkpedagogikkSammendrag -
Denne masteroppgaven utforsker undervisningskonseptet flerbruksarrangement og hvordan dette brukes musikkaktiviteter i en flyktningleir. Flerbruksarrangement har blitt brukt som arbeidsform og videreutviklet i forbindelse med Norges musikkhøgskoles musikkaktivitet i Libanonprosjektet som finner sted i flyktningleiren Rashedieh i Sør-Libanon hvor konseptet brukes som en sentral del av undervisningen. Formålet til masterarbeidet er å få innsikt i og utvikle kunnskap om flerbruksarrangement, musikkaktiviteten i flyktningleiren og hvordan disse påvirker hverandre.
Empirien i oppgaven er samlet gjennom fire opphold i Libanon og flyktningleiren Rashedieh i tidsrommet 2018-2019. Dataene er samlet inn med en etnografisk tilnærming hvor deltakende observasjon og semi-strukturerte intervjuer stod sentralt.
Resultatene og diskusjonen etter skaper sammenhenger mellom community music, didaktisk teori og sosiokulturell læringsteori. Funnene fra arbeidet tyder på at flerbruksarrangement som arbeidsform lykkes med sin hensikt om inkludering på grunn av sin tilpasningsdyktighet til hver enkelt deltaker, enten det er gjennom tilpasning av enkelte samspillstemmer eller musikklek. For å oppnå dette viser funnene at det foregår et samarbeid mellom ulike lærerkrefter i musikkaktiviteten, som inkluderer både de voksne lærerne og deltakere som midlertidige lærerkrefter. Resultatene viser også at det kreves mye av den som leder et flerbruksarrangement da han eller hun blant annet kan måtte trenge musikalske ferdigheter som improvisasjon, komponering, arrangering og gehørspill samt ferdigheter innen instruering, planlegging og lederskap.Summary -
This master thesis explores the teaching concept of flerbruksarrangement, also called multifunctions- score, and how this is used in music activities in a refugee camp. Multi-functionsscore has been used as a method of teaching and been further developed in connection with the music activity of the Norwegian Academy of Music in the Lebanon project, which takes place in the refugee camp Rashedieh in southern Lebanon where the concept is used as a central part of the teaching. The purpose of the master's thesis is to gain insight into, and develop knowledge about multi-functions-scores, the music activity in the refugee camp and how they influence each other.
The data in the thesis is gathered through four trips to Lebanon and the refugee camp Rashedieh during the period 2018-2019. The data were collected using an ethnographic approach where participant observation and semi-structured interviews were central.
The results and the discussion following create connections between community music,didactic theory and sociocultural learning theory. The findings from the work suggest that multi-functions-score as a teaching method succeed with its intention of inclusion because of its adaptability to each participant, whether through the adaptation of individual musical voices or music games. To achieve this, the findings show that there is a collaboration between different teachers in the music activity, which includes both the adult teachers and participants as temporary teachers. The results also show that there is required many skills of the person leading a multi-functions-score, as he or she may, among other things, need musical skills such as improvisation, composing, arranging and hearing games as well as instruction, planning and leadership skills
A new circle of modes. Revisiting the concept of diatonicism
Full text linkNorges musikkhøgskole. Masteroppgave. Komposisjon. - Theoretical work delivered to the Norwegian Academy of Music as part of the final assessment of the Master of Music in Composition, under supervision of Professor Lasse ThoresenIntroduction - It is no accident that, amid the multitude of scales that can be extracted from the 12- tone equal temperament (2048, according to Keith;1 1490, according to Zeitler),2 one in particular has dictated the pitch material of such a large number of leading Western composers.3 The diatonic scale – because that is what this is all about – has been subject in the last 40 years of increasing scholar inquiry, in part thanks to the work of mathematicians such as John Clough and David Rothenberg. Inspired equally by Milton Babbitt and Allen Forte’s mathematically-based approach to serial music and by the music of the Common Practice Period, these and other mathematicians, computer scientists and music theorists paved the way for the assertion in music set theory of a new field of inquiry, that of diatonic set theory. --- Although this thesis is best encapsulated as an enquiry on the field of diatonic set theory, I still reserve its epilogue to address what a composer should expect when approaching the previously mentioned scales not so much as cold bricks belonging to the rigidly beautiful, lofty architecture of a modal system, but as raw material to be crafted into concrete pieces of music
Music and health promotion in Danish/ Nordic hospitals – who and how? An essay.
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The purpose of this article is to provide an overview of health promotion through music activities and interventions in Danish/Nordic hospitals over the last twenty years, with particular emphasis on paediatrics. The article also discusses theoretical rationales and practical challenges related to these relatively new initiatives. The methodology is a mixture of heuristics and literature review. The author has been an active agent in this field – as a clinician, researcher, supervisor and teacher – and has taken part in the development of the theoretical concept of “health musicking”, which serves as a framework for many of the professionals (‘agents’) in the field. Findings include a presentation of the present evidence base for music interventions in Nordic hospitals and a systematic overview of agents in the field. There is a growing body of evidence from different types of research studies in the Nordic countries. However, the evidence base tailored to this specific field is still limited. Two different approaches or roads to the implementation of music therapy/music medicine in hospitals are identified and discussed, and practical implications are highlighted in a number of recommendations for professionals in the field.
Keywords: health musicking, music therapy, music medicine, hospital, evidencepublishedVersio
Educating teachers - the X-art programme
Full text linkOne of the objectives of the Lebanon project1 is to develop arts provision for children and young people in Palestinian refugee camps in South Lebanon and to promote different forms of art and culture in Lebanese schools. During NMHs engagement in Lebanon we have found that there is a significant shortage of local, qualified personnel capable of teaching music and movement as a school subject or leisure activity. One key objective of the X-art programme has been to help raise skills levels amongst Palestinian and Lebanese teachers and social workers in respect of using music to educate children and adolescents. In addition to skills development in Lebanon, the education programme has also helped raise the professional skills of the Norwegian participants. Participation in X-art has also added valuable skills and experience in terms of how music and other forms of cultural expression can help reduce tensions and differences between different ethnic and religious groups such as the Lebanese and Palestinians.publishedVersio
Music Therapy on the Inside. A qualitative study of music therapy in a Norwegian high security prison
No full textNorges musikkhøgskole. Masteroppgave. MusikkterapiSammendrag - Denne studien undersøker hvilke opplevelser fem innsatte ved Ila fengsel- og forvaringsanstalt har hatt i et musikkterapitilbud. I tillegg drøftes det hvilken betydning musikkterapien og musikkterapeuten kan ha for innsatte som soner en straff i fengsel. Utgangspunktet for forskningen er et egenpraksisprosjekt som ble gjennomført i Ila fengsel i 2019. Etter at praksisen ble avsluttet ble det gjennomført semistrukturerte forskningsintervjuer med de innsatte, som utgjør datamaterialet i denne studien. Sentral tematikk som dukket opp i analysen av de innsattes opplevelser med musikkterapi var: tillit og trygghet, aksept og anerkjennelse, mestring, og opplevelsen av en annerledes hverdag. Musikkterapien og musikkterapeuten kan forståes å ha betydning for de innsatte gjennom å åpne opp for endringsprosesser på veien tilbake til samfunnet, gi håp for fremtiden og en mer gledesfylt fengselshverdag. Musikkterapeutens fleksibilitet kan tilby de innsatte mulighet for medbestemmelse i egen terapi og hverdag. Musikkterapien kan også forståes å gi de innsatte mulighet til å se nye sider av seg selv og gjennom dette skape en ny identitet og nytt selvbilde.
Nøkkelord: Musikkterapi, Sangskriving, Låtskriving, Terapeutisk sangskriving, Musikk og identitet, Mestring, Anerkjennelse, Aksept, Åpenhet, Samfunnsmusikkterapi, Ressursorientering, Kriminalomsorgen, Fengsel, Innsatte, Musikkterapi i fengselAbstract - This thesis examines the experiences of five prisoners at Ila Detention and Security Prison of undergoing clinical music therapy, and more broadly what impact music therapy, and the music therapist, may have on clients who are imprisoned. The examination is based on observations made through a clinical training project in Ila Detention and Security Prison in 2019. Following the project, semi-structured interviews were conducted with the participants, which provides the data material for this thesis. Central themes that have showed up during the analysis of the participants experience with the music therapy are trust and confidence, acceptance and recognition, a sense of accomplishment, and the sense of a different daily life. The thesis argues that music therapy and the music therapist may have an impact on persons serving a prison sentence by facilitating changes within each individual in relation to their rehabilitation back into society, strengthening their hopes for the future, and by creating a more satisfactory daily life within the prison. The thesis also argues that the music therapist, by displaying a flexible approach may increase the clients’ codetermination both in and outside therapy sessions. Finally, the music therapy may provide the clients with a new perspective on themselves, allowing them to create a new identity or self-image.
Key words: Music therapy, Songwriting, Therapeutic Songwriting, Music and Identity, Mastery, Recognition, acceptance, Opens, Community Music Therapy, Resource oriented, Inmates, Prison, Music Therapy in Prison
De viktige øyeblikkene - i møte mellom musikkterapeut og barn med multifunksjonshemming
Full text linkNorges musikkhøgskole. Masteroppgave. MusikkterapiSammendrag -
I denne masteroppgaven utforsker jeg hva viktige øyeblikk kan innebære for barn med multifunksjonshemming i musikkterapi. Studien har et kvalitativt design, der semistrukturerte intervju er min hoved-metode. Som en del av intervjuet fikk informantene se et videoklipp av et samspill fra musikkterapipraksis. De seks informantene i denne studien er tre musikkterapeuter og tre foreldre til barn med multifunksjonshemming. Datamaterialet fra intervjuene ble analysert ved hjelp av tematisk analyse, som resulterte i fire hovedfunn: Informantenes øyeblikk, øyeblikkets kjennetegn, øyeblikkfremmende faktorer og virkninger av øyeblikkene. Ifølge informantene dreier øyeblikkene seg om kjærlighet, tilhørighet, relasjon, anerkjennelse, mestring, glede, humor og latter. Øyeblikkenes kjennetegn er preget av små endringer hos barnet, som må tolkes. Å lytte til og følge barna, og musikkens egenskaper bidrar til å fremme øyeblikkene. Øyeblikkene fører til overveldende følelser, betydningsfulle erfaringer, økte forventninger, samhandling og aktivering. Resultatene fra analysen blir diskutert opp mot teorier om multifunksjonshemming, intersubjektive perspektiver på barns utvikling, ulike betydningsfulle øyeblikk, mestring, empowerment, lykke og regulering. Med utgangspunkt i funnene valgte jeg å definere viktige øyeblikk hos barn med multifunksjonshemming slik: Opplevelsen av tilhørighet, anerkjennelse, mestring og regulering i en improvisatorisk og lekpreget samhandlingsaktivitet, der gjensidig dialog, glede og latter er kjennetegnende.
Emneord: Musikkterapi, musikk, multifunksjonshemming, barn kommunikasjon, mestring, regulering, gylne øyeblikk, signifikante øyeblikk, flow, betydningsfulle øyeblikk, nå-øyeblikk.Abstract -
This master thesis explores what important moments may entail for children with multiple disabilities in music therapy. The study has a qualitative design and data are collected using semi-structured interviews. As a part of the interview the six participants are three music therapists, as vel as three parents of children with severe disabilities. The data were analysed using Thematic Analysis which resulted in four categories: The Informants Moments, Characteristics of the Moments, Determinants which Promote Moments, and Effects of these Moments. The informants' moments describe what the informants emphasise in their understanding of important moments, and their moments revolved around love, belonging, relationship, recognition, mastery, joy, humour and laughter. The characteristics of the moments seemed to consist of small changes in the child, which had to be interpreted. Determinants which promote moments include listening to and following the child as well as the characteristics of music. Effects of these moments could be overwhelming emotions, significant experiences, increased expectations, interaction, and activation. The findings of the analysis were discussed considering theories of severe disabilities, inter-subjective perspectives on child development, significant moments, experiences of mastery, empowerment, happiness, and regulation. Based on the findings, I propose that important moments for children with multiple disabilities in music therapy entail: The experience of belonging, recognition, mastery and regulation in an improvisational and playful interaction, characterised by mutual dialogue, joy and laughter.
Keywords: Music therapy, music, multiple disabilities, communication, mastery, regulation, flow, golden moments, significant/meaningful moments, present moments
Musikalsk-digital danning. Om grunnskolens musikkundervisning og det digitale
No full textNorges musikkhøgskole. Masteroppgave. MusikkpedagogikkSammendrag -
Denne masteroppgaven er en studie av fenomenet digital danning slik det fremstår i den norske grunnskolens musikkundervisning. Oppgaven inneholder en gjennomgang av tidligere forskning om digitale verktøy i musikkundervisningssammenheng og et teoretisk rammeverk om musikalsk-digital danning som viser hvordan selvet konstrueres i en kultur hvor musikk som tenkning og språk er innebygget i (digitale) redskaper. For å beskrive det digitale i musikkundervisningen er det brukt data fra spørreundersøkelsen DYNAMUS, gjennomført gruppeintervjuer med elever i grunnskolen og analysert høringsuttalelser gitt i forbindelse med utviklingen av læreplanen LK20. Undersøkelsen viser at det digitale er en betydelig faktor i musikkundervisningen, men i liten grad i form av elevers egen bruk av digitale verktøy. Utforsking av det digitale i en multimodal musikkundervisning med fokus på kritisk refleksjon og tverrfaglighet foreslås som måten grunnskolens musikkundervisning kan bidra til digital danning.Abstract -
This master's thesis is a study of the phenomenon of digital Bildung as it appears in the Norwegian elementary school's music education. The thesis contains a review of previous research on digital tools in music education contexts and a theoretical framework on musical-digital Bildung that shows how the self is constructed in a culture where music as thinking and language is embedded in (digital) tools. The data used to describe digital technology in music education came from the survey DYNAMUS, group interviews with pupils in primary school and consultation statements given in connection with the development of the LK20 curriculum. The study shows that digital technology is a significant factor in music education, but to a small extent in the form of students' own use of digital tools. Exploring the digital in a multimodal music education focusing on critical reflection and interdisciplinarity is suggested as the way elementary school music education can contribute to digital Bildung
"Og så skal det være god musikk". En diskursanalyse om skolekorpsdirigenter og noteforlag sine oppfattelser av "et godt skolekorpsrepertoar"
No full textNorges musikkhøgskole. Masteroppgave. MusikkpedagogikkSammendrag -
Denne oppgaven har fokus på repertoaret i norske skolekorps. Bak en konsert står det ofte en dirigent som har valgt ut musikken som spilles, men hvilke valg tar en dirigent når det jobbes med repertoar? Hvem tar de hensyn til og hva fokuseres på? Med tanke på hvor ulike konserter skolekorpsene spiller, kan det se ut som dirigentene har ulike oppfattelser av hva som er et godt skolekorpsrepertoar. Korpsbevegelsen har en tradisjon for å jobbe mest med notebasert musikk. De fleste dirigenter forholder seg derfor til ferdige, notebaserte arrangementer og originalmusikk fra noteforlag. Derfor var jeg også nysgjerrig på hva et noteforlag tenker når de jobber med repertoar. Ved å intervjue seks dirigenter og Norsk Noteservice, har jeg forsøkt å finne ut hva som blir oppfattet som et godt skolekorpsrepertoar, og hvordan dette regulerer det didaktiske arbeidet med repertoar.
Studiens teorigrunnlag har bestått av Laclau og Mouffe sin diskursteori og didaktisk teori i form av den didaktiske relasjonsmodellen. Studien har vært metodisk forankret i kvalitativ forskning og diskursteori, og datainnsamlingen ble gjennomført ved hjelp av semistrukturerte intervju med seks skolekorpsdirigenter fra NMF-regionene Hordaland, Rogaland og Øst samt ett noteforlag.
Analysen avdekket ni ulike diskurser som forsøker å fylle «et godt skolekorps repertoar» med innhold. Disse diskursene var 1) bred musikkutdanning, 2) norsk musikk, 3) målgruppe, 4) dirigentens kompetanse, 5) godt håndverk, 6) den bevisste og selvstendige musikanten, 7) musikk for skolekorpsets besetningen, 8) mestring og utvikling og 9) musikantenes påvirkning.
Funnene i denne studien peker blant annet på at et godt skolekorpsrepertoar er tilpasset musikantene, tar hensyn til korpsets besetning og gjenspeiler dirigentenes kompetanse innen sjangere, stiler, epoker, metoder og arrangering/komponering.Summary -
This study focuses on the repertoire in Norwegian youth bands. A concert program is often put together by the musical directors, but what choices does the conductor make when finding repertoire? What is being looked after and what needs focus? Considering the variation in programming for a youth band, it seems like the conductors have varied opinions on what they believe to be a good youth band programme. The banding movement has a tradition of playing written music, and the conductors mostly kept to playing note based arrangements and original music from the music publishers. That spiked my curiosity as of what the music publishers has in mind when working with repertoire. By conducting interviews with six musical directors and Norsk Noteservice (a Norwegian music publisher), I try to see what a good youth band repertoire looks like and how this regulates the didactic work of repertoire.
The theoretical framework has consisted of the discourse theory from Laclau and Mouffe and in the form of the didactic relation model. The research methodology employs qualitative research and the discourse theory, and the data collecting consisted of semi structured interviews with six youth band conductors from the NMF regions Hordaland, Rogaland and Øst, with the addition of one music publisher.
The analysis revealed nine different discourses that tried to fill «a good youth band repertoire» with content. These discourses were 1) a broad music education, 2) Norwegian music, 3) target group, 4) the conductors competence, 5) good music crafting, 6) the conscious and independent music student, 7) music for the bands line up, 8) mastering and development and 9) the influence from the music students.
The results of this study indicates that a good school band repertoire is adjusted to the music students, considers the bands line up and reflects the competence of the music conductor within genres, styles, period music, methods and arranging/composing
Music in paediatric hospitals - Nordic perspectives
Full text linkContents. - Editors’ preface. - Interview with Trygve Aasgaard / Karette Stensæth. - Development of family-centred care informing Nordic neonatal music therapy / Alexandra Ullsten, Tora Söderström Gaden & Julie Mangersnes. - Pedagogical tact in music education in the paediatric ward: the potential of embodiment for music educators’ pedagogical interaction / Taru-Anneli Koivisto & Sanna Kivijärvi. - How are multicultural considerations playing a role in music therapy practice? A Nordic music therapist’s experiences from working in a paediatric hospital setting in Peru / Sarah Helander & Gustavo Gattino. - Music therapy as procedural and treatment support in paediatric healthcare: a review of the literature from a Nordic perspective / Maren Mellingen. - Resonance between theory and practice: development of a theory-supported documentation tool for music therapy as procedural support within a biopsychosocial frame / Tone Leinebø Steinhardt & Claire Mathern Ghetti. - Music therapy for children going through haematopoietic stem cell transplantation / Lena Uggla & Lars Ole Bonde. - Music and health promotion in Danish/Nordic hospitals – who and how? An essay / Lars Ole Bonde.Music can be a significant health resource for children and their families in paediatric hospitals. Music therapy, music medicine and other music approaches are developing as part of children’s hospitals in the Nordic countries. Positions are established in some countries,and there is a growing interest in the field, both among politicians and health professionals. Still, the inclusion of music in paediatric hospitals is not a matter of course and the process of integrating music in Nordic hospitals could be said to be in an early phase. This anthology is a contribution to the growing evidence base for music approaches in paediatrics – with a unique focus on Nordic perspectives. It is of value to both practitioners and researchers interested in how music can be integrated in paediatric hospitals. At the same time, it is an invitation to hospital managers and health politicians to use the potentials of music therapy, music medicine and other music approaches and the competencies of professionals in these fields in a steady improvement of paediatric health care. The anthology covers a range of topics and perspectives. The articles,written by authors from across the Nordic countries, give insights into both selected practice areas within the paediatric hospital setting, research, theory, and core concepts. Although Nordic contexts are highlighted, the insights are also highly relevant to the international community. "This state-of-the-art music therapy anthology highlights the depth of theory and clinical practice taking place in pediatric hospitals. The insights so generously provided from a vast array of Nordic perspectives will certainly influence global music therapy research and practice.” Joanne V. Loewy DA LCAT, MT-BC Director, The Louis Armstrong Center for Music & Medicine, Mount Sinai Beth Israel, NYCpublishedVersio
Anglican choral evensong and the church of Norway. Aspects of integration and worship practice
Full text linkNorges musikkhøgskole. Masteroppgave. KirkemusikkAbstract -
Anglican choral Evensong was introduced into the Church of Norway in the late 1960s by Norwegian church musicians. The inspiration for this came from high quality performances in English cathedrals and university colleges; these were the primary encountered sources. Evensong is also widely practised by parish church choirs across the UK and the Anglican Communion and has several recognised and established variations. Only a limited range was introduced to Norway so that current practice does not reflect the full breadth of Evensong from the Church of England.
The purpose of this study is four-fold. It is undertaken in order to understand the context into which Evensong is now placed, how the process of introducing Evensong has taken place, through an examination of the changes to the liturgy and performance practice which have occurred, and finally, it is an exploration of possibilities leading to further integration, so that it might be incorporated into the liturgical tradition of the Church of Norway.
The material in this investigation is gathered from secondary and empirical sources, including interviews and personal experiences, and information from relevant literature regarding liturgical history. A practical project was set up to explore ideas about choral repertoire and musical identity which could assist in the progression of integration.
A key finding of this research is that the parish church choir can be a valuable resource for the integration of this liturgy into the Norwegian context, linking together the cultural and spiritual life of the local Norwegian parish church