ABSTRACT
Exploring interactions between singer and coach, describes the drama of the languages of craft and skill sense of rapport between Master and Apprentice, of being on the same wavelength, mostly comes down to an expanding, shared understanding rooted in shared perceptions. Although Lave and Wenger tend to focus their attention on everyday social practices rather than formal learning, regarding the latter as only one example of the former, learning as a product of social practice may also be identified in formal lesson activity. Lesson interactions and behaviour, the intentions and identities of participants, and the specific outcomes of the Performance Studies course, are all enmeshed in a complex and dynamic sociocultural framework. If lesson interactions in studio-based instrumental teaching and learning do not meet the expectations drawn from classroom behaviour, perhaps research questions that concern student activity and independence should be reframed, to better suit the nature of the subject being studied.
