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  • Music and Music Education in People's Lives

    An Oxford Handbook of Music Education, Volume 1

    Edited by Gary E. McPherson, Graham F. Welch ...
    Series series Oxford Handbooks
    Music and Music Education in People's Lives is one of five paperback books derived from the foundational two-volume Oxford Handbook of Music Education. Designed for music teachers, students, and scholars of music education, as well as educational administrators and policy makers, this first book in the set provides a framework for understanding the content and context of music education, and for ... Read more

    $27.99 CAD

  • Music in Our Lives

    Rethinking Musical Ability, Development and Identity

    by Gary E. McPherson, Jane W. Davidson, Robert Faulkner ...
    Why do some children take up music, while others dont? Why do some excel, whilst others give up? Why do some children favour classical music, whilst others prefer rock? These are questions that have puzzled music educators, psychologists, and musicologists for many years. Yet, they are incredibly difficult and complex questions to answer. 'Music in our lives' takes an innovative approach to trying ... Read more

    $65.99 CAD

  • Music in Our Lives

    Rethinking Musical Ability, Development and Identity

    by Gary E. McPherson, Jane W. Davidson, Robert Faulkner ...
    Why do some children take up music, while others dont? Why do some excel, whilst others give up? Why do some children favour classical music, whilst others prefer rock? These are questions that have puzzled music educators, psychologists, and musicologists for many years. Yet, they are incredibly difficult and complex questions to answer. 'Music in our lives' takes an innovative approach to trying ... Read more

    $65.99 CAD

  • The Science and Psychology of Music Performance

    Creative Strategies for Teaching and Learning

    Edited by Richard Parncutt, Gary McPherson ...
    What type of practice makes a musician perfect? What sort of child is most likely to succeed on a musical instrument? What practice strategies yield the fastest improvement in skills such as sight-reading, memorization, and intonation? Scientific and psychological research can offer answers to these and other questions that musicians face every day. In The Science and Psychology of Music ... Read more

    $87.99 CAD

  • Music in the Human Experience

    An Introduction to Music Psychology

    by Donald A. Hodges, Gary E. McPherson ...
    Music in the Human Experience: An Introduction to Music Psychology, Third Edition, explores the ways in which we make sense of music and how we respond to it—cognitively, physically, and emotionally. Written by musicians, for musicians, while incorporating findings from biology, anthropology, sociology, physics, philosophy, and education, the text presents musical experiences as widely varied and ... Read more

    $103.99 CAD

  • Music Learning and Teaching in Infancy, Childhood, and Adolescence

    An Oxford Handbook of Music Education, Volume 2

    Edited by Gary McPherson, Graham Welch ...
    Series series Oxford Handbooks
    Music Learning and Teaching in Infancy, Childhood, and Adolescence is one of five paperback books derived from the foundational two-volume Oxford Handbook of Music Education. Designed for music teachers, students, and scholars of music education, as well as educational administrators and policy makers, the second book in this set explores a broad array of key issues, concepts, and debates related ... Read more

    $27.99 CAD

  • The Child as Musician

    A handbook of musical development

    Edited by Gary E. McPherson ...
    The new edition of The Child as Musician: A Handbook of Musical Development celebrates the richness and diversity of the many different ways in which children can engage in and interact with music. It presents theory - both cutting edge and classic - in an accessible way for readers by surveying research concerned with the development and acquisition of musical skills. The focus is on musical ... Read more

    $54.39 CAD

  • Musical Prodigies

    Interpretations from Psychology, Education, Musicology, and Ethnomusicology

    Edited by Gary E. McPherson ...
    Child prodigies have been observed in a range of disciplines - particularly music, mathematics, chess, and art. The question of what makes a prodigy has long been controversial. Some have dismissed the notion of giftedness, arguing that most famous prodigies had strong parental, cultural, and environmental influences that helped them develop their extraordinary abilities. One recent theory ... Read more

    $122.39 CAD

  • Audiobook

    Joshua and the Shadow of Death

    by Gary McPherson ...
    Narrated by Chad Bower ...
    Series Audiobook 1 - Berserker Series

    Unabridged

    5 hours 7 min

    For a doctor to help his patient,He must first stay alive…Joshua is the leading doctor in handling Berserker syndrome – a disorder which sends someone into a blind and dangerous rage. With his expertise, he the natural choice for treating Harold – the unstable orphan and adopted son Richard Brown, a millionaire military arms manufacturer. Even so, Joshua finds that he’s making no headway as a live ... Read more

    $4.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • 21st Century Innovation in Music Education

    Proceedings of the 1st International Conference of the Music Education Community (INTERCOME 2018), October 25-26, 2018, Yogyakarta, Indonesia

    Edited by Gary McPherson, Bambang Sugeng, Nila Kurniasari, Tutut Herawan, Christopher Drake, Ashadi, Endah Retnowati, Adi Cilik Pierewan, Kun Astuti ...
    Music is an expression of feelings of the soul conveyed through the medium of sound. But not all sounds are music. It might be said that only an organised sound or series of sounds can be called music. Thus, music is connected to the eternal and constant flow and order of the universe, to the laws and rhythms of nature. It can also be said that musical order is comparable to the natural order of ... Read more

    $97.55 CAD

  • The Oxford Handbook of Music Performance, Volume 2

    Edited by Gary McPherson ...
    Series series Oxford Handbooks
    The two-volume Oxford Handbook of Music Performance provides a resource that musicians, scholars and educators will use as the most important and authoritative overview of work within the areas of music psychology and performance science. The 80 experts from 13 countries who prepared the 53 chapters in this handbook are leaders in the fields of music psychology, performance science, musicology, ... Read more

    $151.19 CAD

  • The Oxford Handbook of Music Performance, Volume 1

    Edited by Gary McPherson ...
    Series series Oxford Handbooks
    The two-volume Oxford Handbook of Music Performance provides a resource that musicians, scholars and educators will use as the most important and authoritative overview of work within the areas of music psychology and performance science. The 80 experts from 13 countries who prepared the 53 chapters in this handbook are leaders in the fields of music psychology, performance science, musicology, ... Read more

    $151.99 CAD