Lyric repetition
Research into the effects of repetition in song lyrics provided the basis for three studies by Nunes, Ordanini and Valesia in their...
Group Composition
StartFragment x-tinymce/html Group Composing: Pupil perceptions from a social psychological study - Robert Faulkner As the title of the...
Shelf life of Rubrics
StartFragment x-tinymce/html In this article, Rick Incorvati and Michael Mattison from the University of Wittenberg discuss the pros and...
Individual composers in a group situation
StartFragment x-tinymce/html In looking at how young people interact in group setting when composing and also from a teacher's...
A Principled Approach to teaching music composition
This article from Kaschub and Smith, published in 'Research and Issues in Music Education,' was a game changer for me. It helps make the...
Tapping into our emotions
One of the elements which makes music unique is its ability to go deeper than skin and connect with us on an emotional level. In his...
Creativity and Popular Culture
In his journal article “Creativity and Cultural Production: A Study of Contemporary Western Popular Music Songwriting,” Phillip McIntyre...
Lyrics and Wellbeing
“Words make you think….music makes you feel….but a song makes you feel thoughts” (Yip Harburg) This quote is taken from Tricia Fox...