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| Title: | Musician's Walk
: An Ethical Labyrinth |
| Author: | James Jordan |
| ISBN: | 1579995500 : 9781579995508 |
| Illustrations: | b/w photos |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Size: | 175x250mm |
| Pages: | 400 |
| Weight: | .372 Kg. |
| Published: | IPG (GIA Publications) - September 2006 |
| List Price: | 25.99 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: | In Print |
| Subjects: | Sacred & religious music |
The quest for the creation of truthful music leads musicians through self-examination, ethical quandaries, and soulful exercises in this exploration of the intertwining of music and spirituality. Moving beyond the engaging infusion of musicianship with personal spiritual experience, this quest, or walk, focuses on the musician's place amongst other musicians and the labyrinthine complexity of such a network. Throughout the four sections of the book, the musician's loneliness and compassionate awareness are introduced as necessary components of the walk, which can often lead the musician into contentious relationships with others and help define the musician's ethical role. The journey settles into areas of contemplation and self-improvement, ensuring that the music produced as a result is caring, true, and -- above all -- human.
The Musician's Walk: A Labyrinth?; Moving into Light and Wakefulness; The Walk: One Step at a Time; The Loneliness of Musicians: Breeding Unawareness; The Compassionate Musician; I and Thee; Who Am I? Who Are They?; An Ethical Code for Artists Defined by Awareness; Sister Music: An Awareness of Love and Its Power; Core vs. Force; Musicians Heal Yourselves: Listening in a New Way; Understanding Why Artists Hurl Others; The "Real" Sound of Music; Relationships and the Music Educator; A Servant-Musician: Ethics for the Church Musician; The Role of Humility on the Journey; Women: Mimetics and Self-Perception; The Musician's Need to Journal Daily: Being Aware of the Herd; Ethics and the Music Educator; A Code of Ethics from the Inside Out: Thoughts on an Ethical Code for Band Directors; One Body, Two Selves; Non-musical Considerations for the Church Musician; EBLA (Ethics by Looking Around); Be Not Afraid: Understanding Authentic Presence; Dedicating Oneself to an Ethical Code; The End is the Beginning: Coming Full Circle.
