Description

Boldly asserting that everyone can and should improvise, The Art of Becoming sets out a framework for understanding improvisation as a universal capability and a social behavior, with important implications for contemporary artistic practices, pedagogy, and music therapy.

CONTENTS

Preface
Foreword
Chapter 1. Improvisation and new frontiers in creative practice
Chapter 2. What’s so special about Improvisation?
Chapter 3. Talking about Improvisation
Chapter 4. Stones, Clouds: a new model for improvising
Chapter 5. Distributed creativity and the myth of shared understanding
Chapter 6. A new virtuosity: improvising over time
Chapter 7. Improvisation and health: why improvising is good for you
Chapter 8. The way forward
References