Janet Revell Barrett is a professor of music education at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where she teaches courses in philosophy, research methods, music teacher education, and interdisciplinary approaches to the music curriculum.She serves as editor of the Bulletin of the Council for Research in Music Education.
How do imaginative encounters with the arts enliven students’ school experiences? In this playful session, participants will begin to answer that question by exploring a bouquet of possibilities that build upon students’ curiosities as they create music inspired by art and poetry. Participants should come ready to explore sounds, texts, and images!