Music Therapy Improvisation Communication And Culture

an evocative series of essays designed to expand existing concepts of music therapy theory practice and research the author provides an in depth examination of fundamental questions for our profession what is health is music therapy a health profession or cultural movement what concepts of music and man are indigenous to music therapy how is music improvisation communicative what is our science for the interpretation of musical meaning what is the relation between music and emotions how does music contribute to our individual and collective identity the author brings his extensive experience in musicology philosophy and music therapy in formulating answers that will define our future 1998 paperback 204 pages table of contents chapter1 pathways to music therapy the politics of music therapy professional influences theoretical influences toward a new paradigm in music therapy 1 chapter 2 the individual as improviser the concept of the individual in music therapy the individual as an organism the individual as a person the individual as a social being an ecological approach the individual as improviser 19 chapter 3 music and identity the concepts of identity identity emotion and body awareness personal space music and social space the space of time and place transpersonal space improvisation a metaphor for identity 31 chapter 4 music health and quality of life two historical trends concepts of health and quality of life health culture and lifestyle health culture and lifestyle health resources identity and quality of life vitality or awareness of feelings agency belonging meaning and coherence health music and identity 49 chapter 5 the concept of music in improvisational music therapy the meaning of music in music therapy against essentialism code competency and the discourse on music music therapy as a social field 69 chapter 6 popular music and the aesthetics of everyday life the headphone generation music as a map of reality everyday aesthetics as necessary symbolic