ABSTRACT
Extending the lineage of the ‘found’ in art history from object to sound, this chapter will explore a third notion: ’found performance’, asking how it applies as a musical methodology for understanding care. It weaves together narratives from practice with theoretical reflections. Two narratives are brought: one from music therapy practice (‘Cheryl’), and one from arts-based research inspired by music therapy in a care workplace (‘Aeriel’). The chapter goes on to consider what happens if we generalise this musical modality of attention beyond the clinical rhetoric of a professionalised therapy, to everyday scenes of care. What might be drawn from a musical aesthetic attention that could be relevant to the wider field of care and aesthetics?
