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Participative Spiritual Inquiry and the Music & Psyche enterprise |
by Clement Jewitt |
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The Common Ground Report (CGR) (Scientific & Medical (S&M) Network Review 98, pp24-27), exhibits similarities with reports of outcomes of group musical improvisation modalities developed within the Music & Psyche Network (M&P). This work is outlined, and quotations from M&P participants ... |
| Published: Friday 05 February, 2010 |
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IMPROVISATION - TO SCHOOL OR NOT TO SCHOOL |
by James D'Angelo |
| Musical improvisation is not played out in a stylistic vacuum. While its very nature is spontaneous and psychic, allowing the right brain free rein, the messages received are filtered through the left brain which has absorbed the stylistic tendencies of the age or what it has been programmed to exp... |
| Published: Friday 22 January, 2010 |
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Can Music Save The Planet |
by Rod Paton |
| Community musicians may well be motivated by a variety of intentions, not least the need to earn a decent living, but however we choose to employ our skills the healing benefits which invariably flow from participatory music making will be readily apparent and, in many cases, I suspect will be inten... |
| Published: Thursday 02 July, 2009 |
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Improvisational Worlds |
by Andrew Hodges |
| This short article describes how the potential of music improvisation might offer an effective route for the progressive development of improvisation within a team, class or group and highlights how the relationship between creative and group dynamics can be used to illustrate improvisational stages... |
| Published: Wednesday 25 March, 2009 |
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The TROUBLE WITH IMPROVISATION Part 2 of Just Firefighting |
by Andrew Hodges |
| There is a major problem with improvisation as a metaphor because musicians and composers are unable to agree what improvisation is. In some arts circles improvisation is even regarded with some suspicion. Not only that, musical and theatrical performance are coloured by the same characteristics ... |
| Published: Tuesday 17 March, 2009 |
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Just Firefighting? |
by Andrew Hodges |
| One or two people may know that whilst I can turn my hand to a decent bit of violin improvisation I spend a considerable amount of time working with the business community developing business teams. |
| Published: Monday 07 July, 2008 |
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Stockhausen - Questions and answers on Intuitive Music Pt 1 |
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| This discussion took place during the lecture Live Electronic and Intuitive Music given on November 15th 1971 at the Institute of Contemporary Arts in London |
| Published: Tuesday 30 October, 2007 |
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Stockhausen - Questions and answers on Intuitive Music Pt 3 |
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| This discussion took place during the lecture Live Electronic and Intuitive Music given on November 15th 1971 at the Institute of Contemporary Arts in London. |
| Published: Wednesday 10 October, 2007 |
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Stockhausen - Questions and answers on Intuitive Music Pt 2 |
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| (This discussion took place during the lecture Live Electronic and Intuitive Music given on November 15th 1971 at the Institute of Contemporary Arts in London. |
| Published: Wednesday 10 October, 2007 |
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The Magic of Group Free Intuitive Music Improvisation |
by Andrew Hodges |
There are many different interpretations of the meaning of music improvisation. For many, when music improvisation is mentioned, jazz or Indian music may be brought to mind. Others may have experienced music improvisation through music therapy. |
| Published: Wednesday 10 October, 2007 |
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