Robert Groene, PhD, MT-BC
University of Missouri Kansas City
Lee Anna Rasar, MT-BC, WMTR
University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
Should music be strictly from the child’s cultural heritage, or could it also be combined with music from the new culture? What music could a music therapist use if a young child and their family arrive in the U.S. from a different country and culture? In this podcast, Robert Groene and Lee Anna Rasar explore those questions by citing multicultural literature and sharing their discussions with music therapy experts. Learn about traditions, children songs, scales, and various instruments to better serve clients from different cultures.
Resources:
- Amir, D. (2004). Community music therapy and the challenge of multiculturalism. In AUTHOR (ED.) Collected work: Community music therapy (pp. 249–266). Jessica Kingsley Publishers.
- Campbell, P. S., & Wiggins, T. (2012). The Oxford handbook of children’s musical cultures. Oxford University Press.
- Griffin, S. M. (2017). The fluid infusion of musical culture: Embodied experiences in a grade one classroom. Pedagogies: An International Journal, 12, 21–40.
- Jenkins, E. (1966). You’ll sing a song and I’ll sing a song [Album]. Smithsonian-Folkways.
- Yehuda, N. (2013). ‘I am not at home with my client’s music … I felt guilty about disliking it: ‘On musical authenticity’ in music therapy, Nordic Journal of Music Therapy, 22(2), 149–170.
About the Authors:
Robert Groene Ph.D., MT-BC (Retired), is an Emeritus Associate Professor and past Director of Music Therapy at the University of Missouri – Kansas City. Dr. Groene is a recipient of the 2019 AMTA Lifetime Achievement Award.
Contact: groener@umkc.edu
Lee Anna Rasar MT-BC, WMTR, is the music therapy program director at University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire. She has 43 years of experience teaching and providing music therapy intervention for people from Far Eastern, Middle Eastern, Native American, Latin American, Hispanic European, and African cultures.
Contact: rasarla@uwec.edu
Suggested Citation:
Groene, R., & Rasar, L. A. (2020, July 1). In warm or wintery weather: Respectful diversity in early childhood music therapy [Audio podcast]. imagine. www.imagine.musictherapy.biz