Music Composition in Contexts of Early Childhood: Creation, Communication and Multi-Modal Experiences Through Music

by Jan Deans, Aleksandra Acker, Berenice Nyland

This book explores the narratives of a group of four-year-old children in a composition project in an Australian early learning centre. The participants, centre staff and a composer, Stephen Leek, contributed a number of music sessions for the children, including five original songs. The book showcases young children's communicative ability and sensitivity to wider issues. The staff in the centre have a strongly voiced philosophy that is enacted through...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 303091691X
• ISBN13: 9783030916916
• Release Date: January 2022
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 120 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.8" x 8.3"