ABSTRACT

This chapter discusses the development of musical and general creativities by advanced music students. The nature of the creativity illustrated in this case involved using novel activities such as musical dramatization, as a tool to internalize a difficult score through musical and interpersonal intelligences. The European Union approved a flagship initiative called Innovative Union that sets a strategic approach to innovation, which includes modernizing higher education and promoting creativity. Creativity and innovation in the context of teaching and learning in higher music education is still under-researched when compared to teaching and learning in schools. Education scholars have focused on a variety of contexts where musical creativity may occur, discussing multiple definitions such as individual, collaborative, and intercultural creativities. Researchers have examined how these musical creativities operate in general education in and through music, and in early, primary and post-primary music education.