Children as Music Creators: Reflecting on 50 Years of Learning From Children
Research Studies in Music Education
Published online on April 24, 2026
Abstract
Research Studies in Music Education, Ahead of Print.
Children invent and play with musical ideas in the same ways they invent and play with all the ideas and processes they experience in life. Music educators can draw on children’s natural generative capacities to foster deep musical engagement and ...
Children invent and play with musical ideas in the same ways they invent and play with all the ideas and processes they experience in life. Music educators can draw on children’s natural generative capacities to foster deep musical engagement and ...