Julie Jaffee Nagel

Broschiertes Buch

Career Choices in Music beyond the Pandemic

Musical and Psychological Perspectives

Beschreibung

"A must-read for musicians young and old as well as general readers." — Joseph W. Polisi, President Emeritus, The Juilliard School Choosing a career is one of the most important decisions we make in our lifetime. Career choice is more than just working to earn a living but also an important window into how we feel about ourselves. In this groundbreaking and provocative book, musician and psychologist Julie Jaffee Nagel explores how musicians’ work beyond the COVID-19 pandemic casts a light upon the necessity of rethinking, rebuilding, and possibly redesigning our concept of careers and music education in the arts. The book takes an interdisciplinary approach to a wide range of pressing topics such as career disillusionment, mental health in relation to lack of professional and personal security, the unavailability of jobs that reflect the depth of the musician’s formal training and talent, and the healing role and value of musicians in a post-pandemic world. The pandemic was an unwelcome and sudden shock in the lives and careers of countless musicians, with many experiencing crises. Importantly, Nagel emphasizes that this trauma also has the potential to energize and expand horizons for rewarding, creative work. Musicians’ gifts include resilience and discipline, and their art has important social value. Music has the power to be an aural antidote to some of society’s ills—during trying times, it is vitally important to express and share the musician’s artistic imagination and creativity in teaching studios, on stage, and through off stage interactions with others.

Autor

Julie Jaffee Nagel, Ph.D. is a psychologist, psychoanalyst, and musician. She is a graduate of The Juilliard School, The University of Michigan, and The Michigan Psychoanalytic Institute, and author of Managing Stage Fright (OUP, 2017). She has given conference presentations for The American Psychoanalytic Association, Music Teachers National Association, College Music Society, and National Conference on Keyboard Pedagogy. She is in private practice in Ann Arbor, Michigan and her website is www.julienagel.net.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 152
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. März 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 8mm
• Gewicht: 231g
• ISBN-13: 9781538168394
• ISBN-10: 1538168391
• Artikelnr.: 66168015