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insight into how their upbringing cultivated a sense of curiosity through creative means and how that creativity then influenced their current lives.
Author #1
My name is Amy Lewis, and I am a cur- rent assistant professor of music education at UW-Madison. My research focuses on systemic exclusion, race and racism in music education.
As a child, I developed my musical identity in multiple arenas such as my home, my grandfather’s home, school and church. I felt the most connected to music making when I encountered intentional openness to be curious and explore my musical abili- ties. This type of openness occurred both by myself at my home piano and in settings with other musicians. My grandfather, a foundational Kansas City jazz and blues
pianist named Jay McShann, welcomed and affirmed my own sense of musicality and creativity when we played together on the piano in his home. One particular memory I have involves me watching my grand- father’s fingers dance on the piano as he played his famous riffs. As I watched and listened, I became curious and committed to learning those riffs myself. He patiently taught me how to make my fingers dance like his and encouraged me to expand those musical ideas and turn them into my own. Outside of the musical world, my dad consistently encouraged me to center curi- osity in my athletic growth through deep reflection. These experiences illuminated the joy of creative curiosity in musical and athletic settings.
That sense of creative curiosity with a focus on exploration followed me throughout the rest of my adolescence and into my career
as a music teacher and academic. Currently, as an academic in music education, I not only center/create space for curiosity and exploration within the courses that I teach, I also teach students how to center curiosity and exploration in their own development as musicians and music teachers. I encour- age future music teachers to think deeply about how they cultivate a curious culture within their future teaching and learning environments.
Author #2
My name is Tiffany Bourgeois and I am a current assistant professor of arts manage- ment in the Department of Arts Adminis- tration, Education and Policy at The Ohio State University. My research is focused on cultural diplomacy and sports mega-events.
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