'Ah Music, A Magic Beyond All We Do Here,' p. 289, Gillian Wills, Sound Musicianship, ed. Andrew Brown, Cambridge University Press, 2012
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About
Sound Musicianship is a book for music educators and musicians about musicianship—about musical skills, abilities, habits, sensibilities and understandings. Musicianship is explored as a form of craftsmanship. Like most crafts, music requires a balance of theoretical knowledge and practical skills that contribute to a highly tuned ability to appreciate and express music. In particular, the book explores general trends that influence musicianship in the twenty-first century, such as an increased reliance on digital media, greater awareness of the neurological basis for musical behaviour, a renewed interest in connections between bodily movements and musical expression, and increased cultural plurality resulting from more frequent travel, increased levels of migration and ubiquitous telecommunications.
Praise for this book
Gillian Wills was a national music officer on the Gulbenkian funded Arts
in Schools Project headed by Sir Ken Robinson before relocating to
Australia from the UK. From 1991-2000, she was a Professor of Music at
the Victorian College of the Arts, University of Melbourne. Between
2001-2007 she lectured at Griffith University’s Faculty of Education and
at Queensland University of Technology’s Creative Industries. As a writer
and arts critic she contributes regularly to The Australian, The Courier
Mail and Limelight publications.