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Changing Lives: Incarcerated Female Youth Create and Perform with the Storycatchers Theatre and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Changing Lives: Incarcerated Female Youth Create and Perform with the Storycatchers Theatre and... MARY L. COHEN AND MEADE PALIDOFSKY Changing Lives: Incarcerated Female Youth Create and Perform with the Storycatchers Theatre and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Roles of Music Making and Prisons in Human Lives Music making takes on multiple roles in human lives. Some of these functions include integral components of rituals, such as marches to ac- company processionals or reflective songs to highlight emotional mean - ings of a particular event. Often, music making is a means for personal and group self-expression. Christopher Small suggests that through music making, people explore, affirm, and celebrate their identities and relationships with one another. Small defines “music” as a verb and conveys that the most important aspects of “musicking” are the relation- ships not only among sounds, but also among people. Small is inclusive in his understanding of the people involved in musicking; for example, Mary L. Cohen, PhD, is area head of the Music Education Department at the University of Iowa where she teaches a variety of undergraduate and graduate courses. Her research area is wellness through music making with respect to prison contexts, writing and songwriting, and collaborative communities. She founded the Oakdale Community Choir comprised of incarcerated men as well http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png American Music University of Illinois Press

Changing Lives: Incarcerated Female Youth Create and Perform with the Storycatchers Theatre and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra

American Music , Volume 31 (2) – Nov 23, 2013

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University of Illinois Press
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1945-2349

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MARY L. COHEN AND MEADE PALIDOFSKY Changing Lives: Incarcerated Female Youth Create and Perform with the Storycatchers Theatre and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Roles of Music Making and Prisons in Human Lives Music making takes on multiple roles in human lives. Some of these functions include integral components of rituals, such as marches to ac- company processionals or reflective songs to highlight emotional mean - ings of a particular event. Often, music making is a means for personal and group self-expression. Christopher Small suggests that through music making, people explore, affirm, and celebrate their identities and relationships with one another. Small defines “music” as a verb and conveys that the most important aspects of “musicking” are the relation- ships not only among sounds, but also among people. Small is inclusive in his understanding of the people involved in musicking; for example, Mary L. Cohen, PhD, is area head of the Music Education Department at the University of Iowa where she teaches a variety of undergraduate and graduate courses. Her research area is wellness through music making with respect to prison contexts, writing and songwriting, and collaborative communities. She founded the Oakdale Community Choir comprised of incarcerated men as well

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American MusicUniversity of Illinois Press

Published: Nov 23, 2013

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