Is it possible to teach music composition today? A search for the challenges of teaching music composition to student composers in a tertiary context

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Our aim is to identify the challenges of teaching music composition to today's students of composition at a tertiary or professional level. We undertake this by two different approaches: on one level, by establishing a context through reviewing literature on the teaching practices of three renowned teachers from the twentieth century; on a second level, by considering current practice in the UK through a qualitative case study of six distinguished composers involved in the professional and academic world: George Benjamin, Robert Saxton, Michael Finnissy, Judith Weir, Michael Zev Gordon and Nicola LeFanu. Together these two complementary approaches will provide our first look at an insufficiently researched area.View full textDownload full textKeywordscomposition, education, contemporary, musicRelated var addthis_config = { ui_cobrand: "Taylor & Francis Online", services_compact: "citeulike,netvibes,twitter,technorati,delicious,linkedin,facebook,stumbleupon,digg,google,more", pubid: "ra-4dff56cd6bb1830b" }; Add to shortlist Link Permalink http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14613808.2011.632082