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period of our lives when making music together cannot be the focus, is allowing us time to listen to, and learn to appreciate music from genres outside our playlists. This practice provides an opportunity for social justice awareness through the many recordings that would never have been accessed at other times. In the last several weeks, I have enjoyed Native American Rap, new musical theatre productions, Gospel, and even some children’s songs. The graduate seminar that I offered this fall looked at social justice issues and marginalized voices in music education. The issues being presented in our country related to social justice and marginaliza- tion became a real lens through which to view our profession. It has produced humbling discussions.
Final Thoughts
As we greet a new year, not knowing ex- actly what our musical world will have to
offer us, listen closely for the marginalized voices that are trying to make themselves heard. They may be seeking new music choices, ways to fit in, ways to be heard, or someone to notice that they are present. Bring some sunshine into their life by making music accessible to them.
Notes:
1. Feay-Shaw in press, International Journal on Music, Health and Well- Being, article on the loss of the Big Drum experience during COVID-19. Contact author for details.
2. Alan Merriam, 1964. The Anthropology of Music. Evanston, IL: Northwestern University Press, included 10 primary ways that all people use music in their lives.
3. While the Music for Life Project was centered on the lives of older adults, the COVID-19 experience
has shown many similar applications of their findings. Hallam, S. and Creech, A. 2016. “Can Active Music Making Promote Health and Well-Being in Older Citizens? Findings of the Music for Life Project.” London Journal of Primary Care, 8(2), 21-25 [Online]. DOI: 10.1080/17571472.2016.1152099. Last Accessed: 28 August 2020.
4. Tam, K-P., Lau, H.P.B., and Jiang, D. 2012. “Culture and Subjective Well- Being: A Dynamic Constructivist View.” Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 43(1), 23-31. DOI: 10.1177/0022022110388568.
5. Hallam & Creech (2016).
Sheila Feay-Shaw is associate professor of music education at UW-Milwaukee. Email:
feayshaw@uwm.edu
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