Julie Jaffee Nagel

Career Choices in Music beyond the Pandemic (eBook, PDF)

Musical and Psychological Perspectives

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

"A must-read for musicians young and old as well as general readers." - Joseph W. Polisi, President Emeritus, The Juilliard School Choosing a career is one of the most important decisions we make in our lifetime. Career choice is more than just working to earn a living but also an important window into how we feel about ourselves. In this groundbreaking and provocative book, musician and psychologist Julie Jaffee Nagel explores how musicians' work beyond the COVID-19 pandemic casts a light upon the necessity of rethinking, rebuilding, and possibly redesigning our concept of careers and music education in the arts. The book takes an interdisciplinary approach to a wide range of pressing topics such as career disillusionment, mental health in relation to lack of professional and personal security, the unavailability of jobs that reflect the depth of the musician's formal training and talent, and the healing role and value of musicians in a post-pandemic world. The pandemic was an unwelcome and sudden shock in the lives and careers of countless musicians, with many experiencing crises. Importantly, Nagel emphasizes that this trauma also has the potential to energize and expand horizons for rewarding, creative work. Musicians' gifts include resilience and discipline, and their art has important social value. Music has the power to be an aural antidote to some of society's ills-during trying times, it is vitally important to express and share the musician's artistic imagination and creativity in teaching studios, on stage, and through off stage interactions with others.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 150
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Januar 2023
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9798881874339
• Artikelnr.: 74847325

Autorenporträt

Julie Jaffee Nagel brings her unique, interdisciplinary background and education in mental health and music to understanding the personality of the musician, performance anxiety, the psychological impact of COVID-19 on music careers, and the value of music in mental life and in promoting social justice. She is a graduate of The Juilliard School, The University of Michigan, and The Michigan Psychoanalytic Institute. Nagel has received grants from the Ernst and Gertrude Ticho Foundation and the American Psychoanalytic Foundation to support her interdisciplinary work and outreach. She is in private practice in Dexter, Michigan. Visit www.julienagel.net.

Inhaltsangabe

Prelude
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1 Work
Chapter 2 Musicians and Money in the Wake of the Pandemic
Some Financial Facts: A Wake Up Call
What Do Musicians Contribute?
The Musician as "Product"
Creative Responses to the Pandemic
Why Should You Care About Music?
Your Money or Your Life
Chapter 3 Musical Development and Psychological Development
Erik Erikson: Development Over a Lifetime
"Ratios": Life as a Balancing Act
Carolyn's Monkey
Erikson's Eight Stages for the Musician
Early Stages (ages 1-4)
Middle Stages (ages 5-7)
Late Stage: Stage 8 (ages 65+)
Chapter 4 The Meaning of Money and "Psychic Income"
Early Issues about Giving and Receiving
Attention and Money: Symbolic Nourishment
What Do Money and Stage Fright Share in Common?
How Much are You Worth?
Patrons and Angels
Buying Love
Nourishing Starving Artists
Chapter 5 Four Types of Personality Who Seek Music Careers
The Identity Status Interview
The Four Categories of the ISI
What Does ISI Data Explain?
Ken: Integrating Past and Present
Conclusion: Research and Clinical Work
Chapter 6 Pursuit of Perfection
The Disillusionment of Omnipotence
Growing Pains and Emotional Growth
Pursuit of Perfection: All the Right Notes
Ms. G
Mr. D
Resolution of Disillusionment: Grieving, Mourning, and Moving Forward
Chapter 7 The Golden Allure of Celebrity: Reflections on Boundary Crossings
in Psychoanalysis and Music
Planning for the Big Meeting
Temptations
Deeply Disappointed
The #MeToo Movement and Music Education
A "Perfect Storm": Private Music Lessons
A Rescue through "Love"
A Higher Cost for Education
Institutional Collusions
The Bad Apple Doesn't Fall Far From the Tree
Treatment Issues
Coda
Chapter 8 Rethinking Music Education
Asked and (as Yet) Unanswered Questions
Teaching Talented Musicians: The University and Conservatory
Nurturing Healthy Musicians
How to Destroy Creativity in Music Students: A Paraphrase of Otto Kernberg
Educating Healthy People Who Are Musicians
A Healthy Music Profession
Chapter 9 Music and Mind Outside the Box
The Value of Music: Past and Future
The Impact of Music: Historical Precedents
Musicians and Mental Health Professionals as Non-Traditional First
Responders
Music and Therapy in and beyond the Consulting Room
Beyond the Teaching Studio and Concert Hall
Has Anything Good Resulted from the Pandemic?
A Conclusion and a Beginning
About the Author