Children's Concerts

Opportunities for Interactive Listening

Authors

  • Jill Alyse Reese The State University of New York at Fredonia
  • Caitlyn Derrick University of Delaware

Abstract

This article describes a program in which faculty, staff, and student musicians at a university developed concerts for young children and their caregivers. These concerts were designed to support musical and social interactions between and among the adults and young children and to emphasize active music-making for the children in the audience. This article includes a brief summary of research focused on the music listening of young children and a description of how the process and format used for developing and presenting the concerts. Additionally, the article includes the perspectives of the university musicians who prepared and performed the concerts, as well as the university faculty who helped facilitate the concerts. Finally, the article includes strategies for developing and facilitating such interactive concerts and suggestions for future research in relation to interactive performances for children.

 

 

 

 

Author Biographies

Jill Alyse Reese, The State University of New York at Fredonia

Dr. Reese is Association Professor of Music Education at The State University of New York at Fredonia. She teaches courses, presents workshops, and publishes research a variety of topics including early childhood music development, elementary general music, ukulele, and improvisation.

Caitlyn Derrick, University of Delaware

Caitlyn Derrick teaches early childhood music and has presented nationally on children’s concerts. She is completing her masters in Music Education at the University of Delaware.

Published

2019-04-17

Issue

Vol. 1 No. 1 (2019): International Journal of Music in Early Childhood

Section

Research Articles