Chapter 5 Musical Creativity and Music Education
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Abstract
Musical creativity and the process of music composition by professional composers has been researched extensively since the mid-1920s. Recently, studies have attempted to map the creative process of music composition (e.g., Colgrass, 2004; MacDonald & Miell 2000; Odena & Welsh, 2009). In music education, promoting creativity has now become a requirement as part of the curriculum objectives (Ministry of Education of Ontario, 2009a, 2009b, 2010a, 2010b, 2011). However, this is often a daunting task for many music teachers. This chapter provides a meta-analysis of the literature on creativity and music composition, and it considers the educational implications for teachers to promote creativity and music composition in the music classroom.