Perspectives for Music Education in Schools after COVID-19: The Potential of Digital Media

Authors

  • Benno Spieker Author
  • Morel Koren Author

Keywords:

music education, online music learning, singing, solfege, ear training, music literacy, primary education, voice synthesis, artificial intelligence, AI

Abstract

Innovations in research fields related to computer music and the advancement of the music industry have also influenced the digital sector for music education. Although many kinds of educational, edutainment, and entertainment music software appeared before the pandemic and are still in use, with the COVID-19 crisis and restrictions, it seems that music education in the primary classes has not systematically and thoroughly benefited from the innovations and advances reported by science and the music industries. However, the current need to teach music online could have an effect on the use of digital media after the pandemic. We present examples from the Netherlands, Romania, and Israel that lead to observations and suggestions about the potential of digital media after COVID-19. 

Author Biographies

  • Benno Spieker

    Benno Spieker has a master degree in Musicology (2015, cum laude). Presently – a Ph.D. student at the Ghent University, Belgium. Since 2015, Benno teaches music pedagogy and digital didactics at ArtEZ University of the Arts in Enschede, Netherlands. He is a consultant and project manager for the Dutch foundation Meer muziek in de klas (More Music in the Classroom), promoting music education in primary schools on a national scale, and a board member of the Dutch Music Teachers Association -VLS.

     
  • Morel Koren

    Morel Koren is a doctoral graduate from the George Enescu National University of Arts, Iași, Romania, and a former co-manager of the computer-music laboratory at the Department of Music, Bar-Ilan University, Israel. Lecturer at Bar Ilan University, Department of Music (1998-2004). Now co-founder and director of pedagogy at Solfy, together with Tzipi Koren (music teacher), and Dr. Adoram Erell (expert in recognition, analysis and digital processing of voice).

     

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Published

2023-12-25

Issue

Vol. 18 (2021)

Section

Articles