An Ecological Dictionary for Music Keywords
Music: n., (Common) The intentional experiencing of sound, realized by human and non-human animals.[1] Something people do.[2] An art that offers an alternative reality, symbolic meaning, ecstasy, and that alters ways of being.[3] (Common-useful) The activity of the Muses, including all arts involved in sound or motion.[4] (Uncommon-occult)
[1] Shevock, 2017, 41.
[2] Christopher Small. Musicking: The Meanings of Performing and Listening (Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 1998); David J. Elliott and Marissa Silverman. Music Matters: A Philosophy of Music Education, 2nd edition (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2014).
[3] Bennett Reimer. The Experience of Profundity in Music. The Journal of Aesthetic Education, 29, no. 4 (1995), 1-21. https://doi.org/10.2307/3333288
[4] Satis N. Coleman. Creative Music for Children, Proceeding of the Music Teachers National Association (College Park, MD: NAfME Archives Collection 0164-SCPA Satis Coleman Collection, 1925), 205.
[1] Shevock, 2017, 41.
[2] Christopher Small. Musicking: The Meanings of Performing and Listening (Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 1998); David J. Elliott and Marissa Silverman. Music Matters: A Philosophy of Music Education, 2nd edition (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2014).
[3] Bennett Reimer. The Experience of Profundity in Music. The Journal of Aesthetic Education, 29, no. 4 (1995), 1-21. https://doi.org/10.2307/3333288
[4] Satis N. Coleman. Creative Music for Children, Proceeding of the Music Teachers National Association (College Park, MD: NAfME Archives Collection 0164-SCPA Satis Coleman Collection, 1925), 205.
Sustainability: n., (Common) Causing little or no environmental damage so that a practice can be continued for a lengthy duration of time. In music education scholarship, sustainable practices can involve becoming aware of and conserving specific places; recognizing how epistemologies change when music is considered from an ecological perspective; cultivate attitudes of stewardship; using natural and recycled materials; appreciating nature’s sounds; transcending conventional awareness of self; and composing music with nature.[1] (Uncommon-useful) (Uncommon-occult)
[1] Koji Matsunobu and David G. Herbert. Advancing sustainability in music education through eco-musicality. Arts Education Policy Review (2025), 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1080/10632913.2025.2466440
[1] Koji Matsunobu and David G. Herbert. Advancing sustainability in music education through eco-musicality. Arts Education Policy Review (2025), 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1080/10632913.2025.2466440
Ecology: n., (Common) The web of life.[1] A scientific discipline studying the relationships and interactions among biological organisms and their environment.[2] A way of knowing that connects school music within the wider curriculum, including personal, social, cultural, moral and spiritual education, bound up within the fabric of life beyond schools.[3] (Uncommon-useful) (Uncommon-occult)
[1] Rachel Carson. Silent Spring: The Classic that Launched the Environmental Movement (Boston: Mariner Books, 2002), 189.
[2] Dictionary.com, Link: https://www.dictionary.com/browse/ecology
[3] Boyce-Tillman, 2004.
[1] Rachel Carson. Silent Spring: The Classic that Launched the Environmental Movement (Boston: Mariner Books, 2002), 189.
[2] Dictionary.com, Link: https://www.dictionary.com/browse/ecology
[3] Boyce-Tillman, 2004.
