Evaluation of digital musicianship in higher education through playing and creating digital scores

Moroz, Solomiya; Vear, Craig; Poltronieri, Fabrizio

Abstract

This paper presents an evaluation of digital musicianship with digital scores. Primary data was gathered during the DigiScore “Roadshow”of North American universities’ music departments in 2023 and an extended research workshop in Avellino, Italy, 2023. The activities consist of interactive lectures and practice-based workshops that involve students by asking them to reflect on the nature of their digital musicianship through digital scores. In defining digital musicianship we adopt Hugill’s definition of musicianship as “a person’s ability to perceive, understand and create sonic experiences” [1], and expand upon this with Brown’s Sound Musicianship [2]. Through the lectures and workshops, we gathered data using online interactive polls and questionnaires in person. This data gathering was divided into: a) skills; b) contexts, cultures & literacy; c) musical identity & creative practice; and d) perception & awareness of (digital) music. In the paper, we present an analysis of this data and correlate it with observations from these sessions. In our discussion, we point to the interconnectedness of the sub-categories and also draw a connection between digital musicianship and creativity.

Citation

Moroz, S., Vear, C., & Poltronieri, F. (2024, April). Evaluation of digital musicianship in higher education through playing and creating digital scores. Presented at Ninth International Conference on Technologies for Music Notation and Representation, Zurich

• Presentation Conference Type: Edited Proceedings
• Conference Name: Ninth International Conference on Technologies for Music Notation and Representation
• Start Date: Apr 4, 2024
• End Date: Apr 6, 2024
• Acceptance Date: Feb 19, 2024
• Online Publication Date: Apr 4, 2024
• Publication Date: Apr 4, 2024
• Deposit Date: Apr 16, 2024
• Publicly Available Date: Apr 18, 2024
• Volume: 9
• Pages: 18-28
• Book Title: Tenor Zurich 2024
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/33829553
• Publisher URL: https://www.zhdk.ch/forschung/icst/tenor24