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Professional orchestras have become scapegoats in postcolonial critiques of inequity in the Canadian arts ecosystem, with the orchestra, more than any other Western classical music structure, signifying continued Eurocentric dominance of both form (including behaviour) and the corollary fiscal cost required to maintain it. Perceptually, the form and cost of orchestras—when weighed against the non-Western—exist at the expense of other musical practices. This is problematic given current Canadian ethnocultural demographics.
Keywords: orchestres, Canada, éthique, équité, valeurs
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The body is the musician's primary instrument and indeed, without it, all making and perception of music would be impossible. Though many researchers have explored the body as a tool for musicmaking, renowned authorities in artistic education concur that corporeal experience has received little attention in research. Given its lack of study, this question is poorly documented and therefore little known by music teachers. Positing that a better understanding of the value of the corporeal experience would foster its integration into music training, this article aims to demonstrate the constitutive nature of the corporeal experience in music. Examining the positions of the most important philosophers of the body and music education, the article will put forth four fundamental principles: 1) The body and mind are deeply connected; 2) The sensorial experience is crucial to accessing knowledge; 3) Philosophical doctrines focussed on the body must find a practical outlet in the human experience ; 4) Musical training should be an aesthetic education, in the original sense of an education of the faculty of perceiving. The goal of this return to the philosophical bases of the body is to lead music teachers to reflect on their choice of teaching approaches and to provide tools so they can more easily leverage the essential nature of the body in developing individuals' full potential.
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