Chapter 2 Reflections

I believe that every human has a sense of creativity but can only express it depending on how the individual nurtures the creative interests. If you will notice a small child and how the beginnings of speech children experiment with sounds and consistently make the sound they enjoy the most. Children express creativity when observing the world in front of them. Problem solving when learning how to walk, stand up, ride a bike. A child must do more than just watch the other humans in front of them but they must also adapt what they see to what they are capable of. This to me is creativity at its most basic form. I believe any attempt at being creative is creativity and how it is nurtured and understood by the individual defines its growth in the persons life.

A student who is encouraged to be creative musically has at one point listened to a type of music and imagined themselves doing the same thing or something similar. How often do people joke about only singing in the shower? Everyone wants to be musical, everyone imagines a life of “creativity” when they listen to singers that they like. What they don’t know is that they could be just as capable if given the guidance to nurture their interest in creative things.

When I was learning music in school not much technology was used to encourage learning or creativity. The teaching style was for the most part expressive because I was brought up with private lessons style teaching which taught me a level of collaboration. In the future, I want to use a lot of technology in my music class because this is how students speak to each other now. The kids who will never be exposed to formal music training can all see a keyboard on a computer and use it to blend sounds together in a musical form. Using technology as a gateway into learning formal music seems to be a way to build a foundation of creativity, and interest in formal music training.