Inside, outside, downside up: Conservatoire training and musicians’ work

Inside, Outside, Downside Up combines selected papers from the
16th International Seminar of the Commission for the Education of the Professional Musician (CEPROM) with additional papers from previous CEPROM Chairs Orlando Musumeci and Michael
Hannan. The papers represent critical issues concerning
conservatoire training and the ever-changing world of work:
exploring key themes including musicians' identities as teachers;
employment and employability; music theory informing musical
practice; and new approaches to teaching, learning and
assessment.
Chapters: Constructing a conscious identity in instrumental teacher training; Musicians as teachers: fostering a positive view:
Professional musicians and the music education programs of arts
organisations; Human, social and creative/community capital in the training of professional musicians; Students at a UK conservatoire of music: working towards a ‘diverse employment portfolio’? Portfolio careers and the conservatoire; Educating Australian screen composers; Soundwaves: navigating the challenges of musical direction and music training for the cruise ship industry;
Teaching class-based music performance at tertiary level: focusing theory on practice; University based music theory education for aspiring popular music professionals: a contemporary Australian perspective; Challenging the old paradigms: using the dimensions of learning to enhance the training of professional musicians within tertiary music institutions; Teaching enduring understandings through species counterpoint: Creating a life in music: theory to praxis; Towards a human-compatible approach to conservatory education; Virtually there: a review of some current approaches to the use of
technology in Australian programs designed for training
professional musicians; Perspectives on assessment in the learning of music; Using student evaluation of teaching as a means for improving individual instrumental teaching.