期刊名称：Approaches : Music Therapy & Special Music Education
电子版ISSN：1791-9622
出版年度：2011
卷号：3
期号：1
页码：4-5
出版社：Greek Association of Primary Music Education Teachers
摘要：This new issue ofApproachesmarks thebeginningof the third year of the journal'slife!Celebratingthis anniversaryandthe successful completionoftwo years ofthe journal'spublications, thefirstarticle presents a review ofApproachesfrom 2009onwards.This reviewoutlinesthe profile of thejournal andpresentsan analysis of its publications.Theoutcomesemergingfrom this analysis arediscussed on a broader basis taking into account thecontemporarystateofmusic therapyand specialmusiceducationin Greece(Papanikolaou2011;Tsiris 2011).Following thisreview,an article byDeborahParker entitledReading the Music andUnderstanding the Therapeutic Process:Documentation, Analysisand Interpretation ofImprovisational Music Therapyis presented.In thisarticle the authoraddressesvarious questionsregarding the documentation and presentation ofclinical material from improvisationalmusictherapy¨Ca topic that is often at theheart ofmusictherapy discoursesoneducational,professional, andresearch levels(e.g.,Bergstr.m-Nielsen 2009,2010; Wosch&Wigram 2007). Parkerproposesamodelfordocumentingmaterialfrom musictherapysessionswheretraditional music notationiscombined with graphical representations andwritten analysis. The practical application of thismodel isillustratedthrough a case study ofindividual music therapywith a woman withautism. This case study is accompanied byrelevantsound excerptswhichcontribute to furtherunderstanding of the proposed model.Theabovearticles are followed by threebookreviewswritten fromexperts who come fromdifferent countriesof the world. Harriet Powellfrom the United Kingdomreviewsthe bookConnectingthroughMusicwithPeoplewithDementia:AGuideforCaregivers(2009),ThomasWosch from Germanyreviewsthe bookWhereMusicHelps:CommunityMusicTherapyinActionandReflection(2010)and Deborah Blair from theUSAreviewsthe bookConstructingaPersonalOrientationtoMusicTeaching(2010).Thelatterbook (unlike theformertwo)comes fromthefieldof music education and Blairapproachesitthroughherownpersonal experience in the field ofspecialmusic education
