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Exemplifying learning, memory and creativity in a prodigious musical savant| old_uid | 1685 |
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| title | Exemplifying learning, memory and creativity in a prodigious musical savant |
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| start_date | 2006/11/01 |
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| schedule | 16h |
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| online | no |
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| summary | This presentation offers preliminary findings and analysis from the work with a single case study - Derek Paravicini - who despite having severe learning difficulties (verbal IQ = 58) has achieved international recognition as a pianist specialising in early jazz. The work with Derek is part of the 'REMUS' Project - ('Researching Exceptional Musical Skill') - a joint initiative of the Royal National Institute of the Blind and the Psychology Department of Goldsmiths College. In the study presented, I will report on how Derek learnt a specially composed piece over a period of two years, with his responses being recorded through MIDI-based software and analysed using music-theoretical procedures. The findings offer both qualitative and quantitative insights into the workings of an exceptional musical mind, as well as having potential implications for our understanding of learning, memory and creativity more generally.
Dr Adam Ockelford is currently Director of Education at the Royal National Institute of the Blind, Visiting Research Fellow at the Institute of Education, University of London, the University of Roehampton, and secretary of SEMPRE - the Society for Education, Music and Psychology research. His wide-ranging research interests include the cognition of musical structure, the derivation of musical meaning, and, in recent years, a focus on special musical abilities and special musical needs, culminating in a series of studies on 'musical savants' in collaboration with Professor Linda Pring at Goldsmiths College. He has published and lectured widely inall these fields. |
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| responsibles | Bishop |
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