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Projects/Sample Publications

Projects

Link to NAMM Grant ant Request for Participation

I distribute upon request: Measures of Creative Thinking in Music II (MCTMII).
Below is a short video clip of portion of the measure and a short description together with the scoring summary page. Contact me directly with your questions.
Video Clip
Description

This is an unedited compilation of writings on the subject of creative thinking in music with focus on child and young adult learners. It is drawn from theoretical, practical, and research-based literature. I try to update this each year.
Please send me information on additions that I have missed which are worthy of inclusion.
Annotated Bibliography on Creative Thinking in Music, K-College (pdf)

This is a descriptive model of creative thinking in music that I have used in recent years to help focus my thinking on important variable groupings that play an important role in the creative thinking process.
Like all models of this sort, I continually revise it. I welcome comment on the design and content.
Creative Thinking in Music Model

This is a listing that David Williams and I maintain which represents some of the most respected music software in use today in North America. This list is revised each year. Let us know what you would add!!
Recommended Music Software for Personal Computers

Sample Publications

Experiencing Music Technology (jointly authored with David Williams) Cengage/Schirmer, New York, 2008. (3rd edition UPDATE) (with project-centered website: www.emtbook.net)
Note that this book is now undergoing revision and will be available in a 4th edition later next year.
Samples from complete textbook:
Front material including table of contents
Module III, Viewport 9

Webster, P. (1990). Creativity as creative thinking. Music Educators Journal. 76 (9), May, 1990, pp, 22-28. [Google Scholar rated this article as the #1 most frequently cited article in Music Educators Journal as of June, 2010.]

Webster, P. (2011). Constructivism and Music Learning. In R. Colwell and P. Webster (Eds.) MENC Handbook of Research on Music Learning, Vol. 1, (35-83) New York, New York:Oxford University

Webster, P. (2009). Children as Creative Thinkers in Music: Focus on Composition. In: L. Hallam, I. Cross & M. Thaut (eds.) The Oxford Handbook of Music Psychology, (pp. 421-428) Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press.

Webster, P. (2009). Music technology as a servant to real music experience, Orff Echo, XLII (1), 9-12.

Webster, P. (2007). Computer-based technology and music teaching and learning: 2000-2005. In L. Bresler (ed.), The International Handbook of Research in Arts Education, (1311-1328).Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Springer.

Webster, P, and Hickey, M. (2006). Computers and technology, In: McPherson, G. (ed.), The child as musician: a handbook of musical development, (pp. 375-395).New York:Oxford University Press.

Webster, P. (2002). Creative thinking in music: Advancing a model. In: T. Sullivan, & L. Willingham, (Eds.), Creativity and music education (pp. 16-33). Edmonton, AB: Canadian Music Educators’ Association.

Webster, P. (2002). Historical perspectives on technology and music. Music Educators Journal. 89 (1), pp. 38-43.

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