MUSIC 2MT3 Lecture 6: Nov 8th class
29 Nov 2018
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Performance in music therapy: experiences in five dimensions. The complexity of their personalities as expressed through performing music intrigued me and challenged me to try to understand how to best work with them. Eventually an approach of identifying and treating these issues developed. In this process, i have considered the thorny question of how to promote the health of the individual performer, work with the manifestations of their illnesses while also attempting to build community. This paper will address performance from a music psychotherapy perspective something that in the current context of community music therapy literature, is controversial. Additionally, it discusses the process of performing music in terms of dimensions of experience. This approach allows the clinician to describe, assess, analyze and evaluate the components of what is happening both over time and in the moment. It is my intention to develop a language not only between therapists but with clients.
