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Prof Zack Moir's Outputs (14)

Activating and Developing Free Improvisational Creativities in Higher Education: Contesting Authority, Exploring Creativities, Stimulating Dialogue (2022)
Book Chapter
Atton, C., Cowan, M., Docherty, H., Farnish, K., Moir, Z., & Pattie, E. (2022). Activating and Developing Free Improvisational Creativities in Higher Education: Contesting Authority, Exploring Creativities, Stimulating Dialogue. In C. Randles, & P. Burnard (Eds.), The Routledge Companion to Creativities in Music Education. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003248194-35

This chapter explores the concept of improvisational creativities in higher education and the ways in which such an approach to music education is beneficial. We report on a collaborative autoethnography, conducted by the authors, in which we explore... Read More about Activating and Developing Free Improvisational Creativities in Higher Education: Contesting Authority, Exploring Creativities, Stimulating Dialogue.

Popular music, policy, and education (2022)
Book Chapter
Moir, Z., & Smith, G. (2022). Popular music, policy, and education. In S. Homan (Ed.), The Bloomsbury Handbook of Popular Music Policy (91-108). Bloomsbury Publishing. https://doi.org/10.5040/9781501345357.ch-6

Extract: In this chapter we explore links between popular music, policy and education from two broad perspectives. We examine the impacts of popular music and cultural policy on music education, and links between education policy and popular music ed... Read More about Popular music, policy, and education.

A Good Pair of Ears: Conceiving of and developing aural skills in popular music education (2021)
Book Chapter
Stillie, B., & Moir, Z. (2021). A Good Pair of Ears: Conceiving of and developing aural skills in popular music education. In K. D. Cleland, & P. Fleet (Eds.), The Routledge Companion to Aural Skills Pedagogy: Before, In and Beyond Higher Education. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429276392-18

When musicians and music educators consider aural training, many of us have a tendency to imagine students transcribing melodic dictation, identifying chord progressions, intervals, and cadences by ear, and otherwise training to recognize the aural f... Read More about A Good Pair of Ears: Conceiving of and developing aural skills in popular music education.

Found Sounds: Music from The Mundane (2020)
Book Chapter
Moir, Z. (2020). Found Sounds: Music from The Mundane. In A. P. bell (Ed.), The Music Production Cookbook: Ready-made Recipes for the Classroom. Oxford University Press

This recipe encourages learners to develop their critical and analytic listening skills by seeking and recording sounds in their environment as a basis for music composition. The use of unorthodox (i.e. not inherently musical) sounds in a composition... Read More about Found Sounds: Music from The Mundane.

Popular Music Education: Perspectives and Practices (2019)
Book Chapter
Moir, Z., Powell, B., & Smith, G. D. (2019). Popular Music Education: Perspectives and Practices. In Z. Moir, B. Powell, & G. Dylan Smith (Eds.), The Bloomsbury Handbook of Popular Music Education: Perspectives and Practices. Bloomsbury Publishing

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When Is A Drummer Not A Drummer? Developing Coordination , Musicianship And Creativity Through Electronic Drum Performance (2019)
Book Chapter
Stillie, B. (2019). When Is A Drummer Not A Drummer? Developing Coordination , Musicianship And Creativity Through Electronic Drum Performance. In Z. Moir, B. Powell, & G. Dylan Smith (Eds.), The Bloomsbury Handbook of Popular Music Education Perspectives and Practices (189-201). Bloomsbury Publishing

Many drummers now embrace technology to enhance and extend their setup, and what they can offer their band. Thus, it is important that drum kit education addresses this phenomenon and explores how to use these technologies creatively. However, tradit... Read More about When Is A Drummer Not A Drummer? Developing Coordination , Musicianship And Creativity Through Electronic Drum Performance.

How do I get the grades creativity and conflicts of motivation risk and reward. (2019)
Book Chapter
Stefanie, R. (2019). How do I get the grades creativity and conflicts of motivation risk and reward. In Z. Moir, B. Powell, & G. D. Smith (Eds.), The Bloomsbury Handbook of Popular Music Education: Perspectives and Practices (395-413). Bloomsbury Publishing

This chapter discusses the thought processes behind learning, teaching, and assessment (LTA) of creativity as a set of skills and processes. I utilize the work I have done in designing and delivering a module (course) that specifically tackles creati... Read More about How do I get the grades creativity and conflicts of motivation risk and reward..

Real Time, Remote, Interactive Recording Sessions: Music Production Without Boundaries (2019)
Book Chapter
Moir, Z., Ferguson, P., & Smith, G. D. (2019). Real Time, Remote, Interactive Recording Sessions: Music Production Without Boundaries. In Producing Music. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315212241

Inhabitants of the 21st century live and work in a world in which many aspects of daily interactions with other humans are no longer hampered by physical distance. Indeed, scholars and practitioners in fields such as music and communications are find... Read More about Real Time, Remote, Interactive Recording Sessions: Music Production Without Boundaries.

Popular Music Education (R)evolution (2017)
Book Chapter
Smith, G. D., Moir, Z., Brennan, M., Rambarran, S., & Kirkman, P. (2017). Popular Music Education (R)evolution. In G. Dylan Smith, Z. Moir, M. Brennan, S. Rambarran, & P. Kirkman (Eds.), The Routledge Research Companion to Popular Music Education. Routledge

No abstract available.

Popular Music Making and Young People: Leisure, Education, and Industry (2017)
Book Chapter
Moir, Z. (2017). Popular Music Making and Young People: Leisure, Education, and Industry. In R. Mantie, & G. D. Smith (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Music Making and Leisure. Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190244705.013.9

Many young people are involved in music making activities that may be considered as “leisure,” such as playing in bands, making recordings, or live performance. Music making, when considered as a leisure activity, is a cultural or social phenomenon t... Read More about Popular Music Making and Young People: Leisure, Education, and Industry.

The Impact of Cochlear Implants on Musical Experience (2013)
Book Chapter
Moir, Z., & Overy, K. (2013). The Impact of Cochlear Implants on Musical Experience. In V. Bates, A. Bleakley, & S. Goodman (Eds.), Medicine, Health and the Arts: Approaches to the Medical Humanities (246-263). Routledge

No abstract available.