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The Proper Education of Musicians and Architects
Architects and architecture are often compared to musicians and music. “Architecture as frozen music” and the “master builder as symphony conductor” have been familiar similes throughout history. However, the education, from elementary school through university, of architects and musicians today is quite different. Music education is based in theory, widely available to young musicians in even the most rural areas and smallest schools, and requires the student to develop a repertoire of musical skills and accomplishments before proceeding to the next challenge. On the other hand, design education has a more haphazard approach, with unequal opportunities available to interested students, depending on the size of their town or school, their access to a proper mentor, their choice of a university program, and their path through the design studios of that program. Using examples from my architectural teaching experience and familiarity with secondary school music instruction in Texas, I compare the two educational systems and offer several ways in which architectural education might benefit from a careful transfer of didactic methods common to the world of music.
The Proper Education of Musicians and Architects
Architects and architecture are often compared to musicians and music. “Architecture as frozen music” and the “master builder as symphony conductor” have been familiar similes throughout history. However, the education, from elementary school through university, of architects and musicians today is quite different. Music education is based in theory, widely available to young musicians in even the most rural areas and smallest schools, and requires the student to develop a repertoire of musical skills and accomplishments before proceeding to the next challenge. On the other hand, design education has a more haphazard approach, with unequal opportunities available to interested students, depending on the size of their town or school, their access to a proper mentor, their choice of a university program, and their path through the design studios of that program. Using examples from my architectural teaching experience and familiarity with secondary school music instruction in Texas, I compare the two educational systems and offer several ways in which architectural education might benefit from a careful transfer of didactic methods common to the world of music.
The Proper Education of Musicians and Architects
MacGilvray, Daniel F. (author)
Journal of Architectural Education ; 46 ; 87-94
1992-11-01
8 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
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