Performer(s): Clanadonia
Culture/Origin: Scotland
Orchestration: bagpipes, tribal drums
Chapter 6 of the Campbell (2004) text is about creating world music. Clanadonia is a Scottish group that creates new world music. The bagpipe is an instrument that many people associate with Scottish music, and it is very important to Scottish music. Clanadonia combines the traditional bagpipe of Scottish music with tribal drums to give an authentic sound of tribal Scottish music (Clanadonia). As Campbell (2004) says, "People make music meaningful and useful in their lives when they are at liberty to express themselves in original ways" (p. 191). Furthermore, Campbell says that "the creation of new music allows the dual aims of listening and the intellectual internalization of sonic structures to be achieved and demonstrated" (p. 191). As we can see in the video, this music is very meaningful to the performers and still maintains its authenticity as Scottish music. The musicians are performing from memory, so they are both listening and internalizing the music. From my experience, traditional Scottish music is always performed from memory, thus Clanadonia continues the "preservation of the musical practice" (p. 192).
References:
Campbell, P. S. (2004). Teaching music globally: Experiencing music, expressing culture. New York, NY: Oxford University Press.
Clanadonia. (n.d.). Clanadonia - Scotland's greatest drum & pipe band export. Retrieved from www.clanadonia.co.uk
Josh,
ReplyDeleteAlthough you don't explicitly state this in reference to today's youth, you do a nice job building off of the idea that authenticity can come in many different forms. As educators we can use this idea to connect more deeply with our students when asking them to listen to, respond to, and create music on a more personal level. Do you have experience allowing students more freedom and autonomy? If so, what results are you experiencing?