Sounds of Intent: Interactive Software to Assess the Musical Development of Children and Young People With Complex Needs

Authors

  • Angela Voglatzoglou BM, MPhil, MA, MT-BC
  • Adam Ockelford BMus, PhD, ARAM
  • Graham Welch PhD, MA, BEd(Hons), CertEd
  • Evangelos Himonides DipMus, BSc (Star First Class Hons), MA, PhD, MBCS CITP

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.47513/mmd.v3i3.365

Abstract

This article outlines research in the final phase of the Sounds of Intent project, which explores musical development in children and young people with complex needs. This has been undertaken through observation and analysis using the previously developed ‘‘Sounds of Intent’’ schedule, which was designed through amassing 630 observations of children’s engagement in musical activities, fused with the findings of mainstream developmental music psychology and ‘zygonic’ theory, a psychomusicological approach to understanding how music makes sense to us all and building on previous extended fieldwork in schools. The main output will be a musical development framework package of web-based technology, containing video, photographs, and descriptions of children’s musical engagement. Practitioners can use the software to assess their pupils/clients, record their attainment and prog- ress, and download curriculum materials. The software is designed to become a user-owned constantly evolving, ‘‘wiki-based’’ resource, to which practitioners would contribute their own resources, ideas and views.

Author Biographies

Angela Voglatzoglou, BM, MPhil, MA, MT-BC

Angela Vogiatzoglou, BM, MPhil, MA, MT-BC, was Research Offi- cer (2010-2011) for the Sounds of Intent project, funded by the Esme ́e Fairbairn Foundation and based at Roehampton University.

Adam Ockelford, BMus, PhD, ARAM

Adam Ockelford, BMus, PhD, ARAM, is Professor of Music at Roehampton University.

Graham Welch, PhD, MA, BEd(Hons), CertEd

Graham Welch, PhD, MA, BEd(Hons), CertEd, holds the Institute of Education, University of London Established Chair of Music Educa- tion and is Head of the Department of Early Childhood and Primary

Evangelos Himonides, DipMus, BSc (Star First Class Hons), MA, PhD, MBCS CITP

Evangelos Himonides, DipMus, BSc (Star First Class Hons), MA, PhD, MBCS CITP, lectures in Music Education, Music Technology and Information Technology at the Institute of Education, University of London and also leads the post-graduate course ‘‘Music Technol- ogy in Education.’’

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Vol. 3 No. 3 (2011)

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