Musical identities in action: Embodied, situated, and dynamic

MacDonald, Raymond; Saarikallio, Suvi

doi:10.1177/10298649221108305

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Section: Musical Identities In Actionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The theoretical concepts of identities in music and music in identities are helpful for unpacking the multifaceted ways in which music enacts a sense of self identity (MacDonald & Saarikallio, 2022). There is a dynamic relationship between identities in music and music in identities (Goopy, 2020(Goopy, , 2022(Goopy, , 2023MacDonald et al, 2002;MacDonald & Saarikallio, 2022). It is acknowledged that music in identity interacts with other components of the self-concept (Goopy, 2022;Hargreaves & Lamont, 2017) and aspects of our personality (MacDonald & Saarikallio, 2022).…”

Section: Musical Identities In Actionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…There is a dynamic relationship between identities in music and music in identities (Goopy, 2020(Goopy, , 2022(Goopy, , 2023MacDonald et al, 2002;MacDonald & Saarikallio, 2022). It is acknowledged that music in identity interacts with other components of the self-concept (Goopy, 2022;Hargreaves & Lamont, 2017) and aspects of our personality (MacDonald & Saarikallio, 2022). This occurs across the lifespan, playing an important role in motivation and lifelong engagement with music (Spychiger, 2021).…”

Section: Musical Identities In Actionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The concepts of identity in music and music in identity have been developed further as the result of recent advances in the cognitive sciences resulting in the latest theoretical contribution to the field, the musical identities in action framework (MacDonald & Saarikallio, 2022). The framework incorporates concepts from 4E cognition-in which cognition is viewed as multidimensional rather than purely representational-into the field of musical identities.…”

Section: Musical Identities In Actionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…This raises important questions regarding one of the stated goals of music education, that is, to promote positive musical identities (Elliot & Silverman, 2017;Hargreaves et al, 2018;MacDonald & Saarikallio, 2022). The ways in which these identities can be developed to encourage life-long engagement in music have been reported in the literature (e.g., Goopy, 2020Goopy, , 2022Krause et al, 2020;Lamont, 2011Lamont, , 2017Welch, 2017;Welch, Himonides, et al, 2010); recent research suggests that these identities do not always encourage beneficial engagement, however (e.g., Goopy, 2023).…”

Section: Recommendations and Conclusionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Professional musicians with strong identities in music may also have a high degree of music in their identities. Accordingly, a rigid identification with work may be problematic for musicians, particularly when forces beyond their control change their work circumstances. In this study, we conducted semi-structured interviews with 10 singing teachers, representing a subset of professional musicians, and used interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA) to explore the ways in which they enacted music in their identities. The framework of musical identities in action was used to interpret the findings, revealing the dynamic, embodied, and situated complexity of music in participants’ identities. Music had existential salience in the accounts of nine participants. Its salience resulted from the dynamic and situated presence of music across the lifespan, the literal embodiment of the singing voice, and the metaphorical embodiment of the presence of music in participants’ experiences. While a strong sense of music in people’s identities can promote lifelong engagement with music, if the emphasis on music is existential, the identity of a professional musician may be at risk when they are faced with an external threat to their livelihood. This is important knowledge for music educators and professional musicians’ career thinking.

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