Abstracts
Abstract
Universities are increasingly aware of the need to re-envision curricula in order to engage with Indigenous perspectives, knowledge, and pedagogical approaches. University music programs, focused on the delivery of Western art music curricula, often struggle to implement meaningful engagement with Indigenous knowledge that goes beyond gestures. What practical steps can educators take to crack the seemingly impervious fabric of settler-colonial art music performance education? I draw on experiences from within an intercultural artistic collaboration of Indigenous and non-Indigenous artists and scholars in order to articulate pedagogical strategies applicable to university music performance ensemble classes.
Résumé
Les universités sont de plus en plus conscientes de la nécessité de revoir les programmes d’études afin de prendre en compte les perspectives, les connaissances et les approches pédagogiques autochtones. Les programmes universitaires en musique, axés sur l’enseignement du corpus de musiques occidentales savantes, ont souvent du mal à mettre en oeuvre un engagement réel et significatif avec les connaissances autochtones. Quelles mesures concrètes les enseignants peuvent-ils prendre pour aller au-delà de l’enseignement du canon limité par l’héritage colonial? Mes expériences de collaboration artistique interculturelle avec des artistes et des chercheurs autochtones et non autochtones me permettront d’articuler des stratégies pédagogiques adaptées aux cours universitaires de musique d’ensembles.
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Biographical note
D. Linda Pearse is associate professor of music at Mount Allison University and adjunct lecturer at Indiana University Bloomington. She is the artistic director of the San Francisco Early Music Summer Baroque Workshop, the Sackville Festival of Early Music, and the chamber music ensemble ¡Sacabuche! Her research focuses on intercultural encounters and collisions in the early modern period. She creates artistic works that combine text, soundscape, and music to tell complex stories.
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