Sociomusicology: Music and Changing Generations

8/12/09

Music and Changing Generations

Below is a link to an interesting report just released from the Pew Research Center entitled “Forty Years After Woodstock, A Gentler Generation Gap”. The report describes changing perceptions regarding both generational differences and music preferences in the United States. Such studies may contribute to evaluations of the relevance of music education programs in contemporary society.

http://pewsocialtrends.org/pubs/739/woodstock-gentler-generation-gap-music-by-age#prc-jump

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Welcome to Sociomusicology

For a decade (since 2007), this website has offered musings on contemporary society and its music by David G. Hebert, PhD. He is a sociomusicologist specializing in global music education who has held academic positions with universities on five continents. Dr. Hebert is now a tenured full Professor with Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, Bergen. There he leads the Grieg Academy Music Education (GAME) research group and manages the multinational government-funded Nordic Network for Music Education, which organizes annual intensive Master courses and exchange of teachers and students across eight countries.

Professor Hebert's research applies an international-comparative perspective to issues of pluralism, identity, and cultural relevance in music education, as well as processes by which new music traditions emerge and change - both sonically and socially - as they are adopted into institutions. Born in the 1970s, he is among the most widely-published and globally-active music scholars of his generation, with an h-index of 13 (500+ citations), and professional activities in an average of 8 countries per year across the past decade (2008-2017).

Publications and Activities

Recent Books: * Wind Bands and Cultural Identity in Japanese Schools (2012, Springer), *Theory and Method in Historical Ethnomusicology(2014, Lexington) * Patriotism and Nationalism in Music Education (2016, Routledge) * International Perspectives on Translation, Education, and Innovation in Japanese and Korean Societies (2018, Springer), *Music Glocalization: Heritage and Innovation in a Digital Age (2018, Cambridge Scholars), *A Global View of Music Education (co-authored with Jiaxing Xie, Shanghai Education Press, forthcoming), *Advancing Music Education in Northern Europe (co-edited with Torunn Bakken Hauge, in press, Routledge), *World Music Pedagogy, vol.VII: Higher Education (co-authored with William Coppola, in development).

Articles in 30+ different professional journals and chapters in 10 other books.

Full List of Publications: http://sociomusicology-icom.blogspot.no/

Keynote Speaker - In 2015, Professor Hebert had keynote speeches in Poland, Uzbekistan, and China, and in 2014 he had keynote speeches in Poland, Sweden, Norway, Estonia, and China, and chaired two sessions at ISA-Japan. In 2013, he had keynote speeches for music research conferences in Norway, Uzbekistan, and Tanzania.

Singing in Norway and Germany

Reviews of My Books: http://sociomusicology.blogspot.no/2015/12/book-review-update-2015.html