Open AccessReflections on Working with a String Quartet in Aesthetic Music Therapy
Author(s) -
Colin Andrew Lee
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
voices
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1504-1611
DOI - 10.15845/voices.v3i3.132
Subject(s) - improvisation , music therapy , musical , clinical practice , psychology , quality (philosophy) , string (physics) , aesthetics , psychotherapist , visual arts , art , medicine , epistemology , philosophy , physical therapy , physics , quantum mechanics
Aesthetic Music Therapy (AeMT) is a music centred approach to clinical practice. This essay describes the beginning experiences of sessions with a professional string quartet. Using clinical improvisation the therapist and quartet explored inter-musical and inter-personal relationships. Questioning the importance of musical quality in clinical improvisation this paper proceeds to examine the parameters of clinical practice with musicians. Through the therapist's reflections on the inspirational aspects of sessions, questions are raised for future work and research.