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Heartstrings III: (he)Art-based Reflections on the Heart of Music Education
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As a music educator, I make music come alive in my music classroom. Music education is beyond how my students and I make music — it is also about how music makes us. We discover our creative inner selves as music touches our hearts and heals our souls. Dear Music, I just called to say I love you.
”Melissa: Music makes us, just as we make music - I love how inclusive this statement is in recognising music as a valuable partner in our music classrooms!
The four AI generated images are my personal contemplation of what constitutes holistic (music) education in schools, and the balance between affordances and demands on students. I am wondering whether each of these “heavy” bronze objects can stand very well, or perhaps the AI has yet to understand the meaning of weight and gravity. Nevertheless, I am quite sure that, like a responsible teacher, it has tried hard to put the heart, hands, ears and eyes together into a single entity.
”Dr Tang: Tah Choe’s AI creation beautifully expresses how music brings together multiple human senses such as sight, sound and touch. The integration of human organs with musical instruments shows how music is made with the whole self.
This represents the heart of a music educator as a nurturer of joy and curiosity: to instill a sense of fun and passion for music in our students.
”Su Juen: Passion rubs off on those around us - our passion for music can instill a sense of fun for our students and witnessing their immense enjoyment motivates us to create more opportunities for musical interactions to keep this passion alive.
