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\nDavid Forrest  \nRMIT University  \na u s t r a l i a n  \na  \ns o c i e t y  \ns  \nf o r m u s i c  \nm  \ne d u c a t i o n  \ne  \ni n c o r p o r a t e d  \nAbstract  \nThe paper, presented as the Jacinth Oliver Memorial Address at the ASME national conference in 2017 explores a range of issues in music, education and music education. Past addresses are explored in the framework of a series of preludes. Key words: Music, education, music education, Kabalevsky, music for children.  \nI acknowledge the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nations as the traditional owners of the land on which we meet. I respectfully recognise Elders both past and present.  \nIn acknowledging Elders I am reminded of my elders, my parents, my teachers and the people who have so impacted on my thinking and practice. I’ll return to this later in the paper.  \nI’m deeply honoured to be presenting this address. Since 1990 ASME has remembered and honoured the contribution of Jacinth Oliver with this address at the national conference. ASME in its directions and guidance for national conferences has provided the following background on this incredible music educator. From this I have italicised some key words I’d like to explore with you.  \nJacinth was a vital and energetic music educator who contributed greatly to ASME in the short time she was involved both at the ACT Chapter and National Executive. She did all the groundwork for setting up the ASME Constitution and Incorporation. Around 1988, the first moves towards mapping a national curriculum were under way and there was much talk about the ‘core curriculum’ with every indication that music would be left out on the fringes asan optional extra. Jacinth held a strong belief that the only way music educators would  \nbe heard was for them to become politically active and she urged the ASME executive to adopt a strong advocacy agenda. She enrolled ina PhD atANU and began studies in government policy processes which were cut short by her untimely death. Jacinth developed networks through her work with professional associations such as the Australian Curriculum Association. She was a member of an Australian delegation of arts educators who toured USA and visited various schools and centres promoting arts education. (ASME, 2017, p. 23)  \nThis paper is structured and presented as a set of preludes – 24 preludes. With this I want to reference an essay by the German philosopher Walter Benjamin entitled“Unpacking my library”(Benjamin, 2005), and I will be drawing on my ongoing work on the educational philosophy of the Russian composer Dmitri Kabalevsky. In doing so, I hope that my thoughts and reflections will honour the memory of Jacinth Oliver.  \nPrelude 1  \nI’m approaching the prelude from the perspective of the keyboard prelude – it was the subject of  \nThis paper is developed from the presentation delivered in July 2017.  \nmy Master of Creative Arts (Forrest, 1986) many decades ago – this is the first reference from my unpacked bookcase. The sets of 24 preludes of Chopin, Kabalevsky and Shostakovich (among others) proceed through each of the keys in a variety of moods and genres – some are long and elaborate, some extremely short and intense, often they appear to be totally unrelated to their neighbours.  \nI consider that the prelude is the chameleon in music – it adapts to its surroundings. In the most part, preludes are like small mosaics that can either stand alone as a single unit, or can be brought together into an integrated and complete picture comprising these small pieces. For me, this is part of what an education is about: we want structure and progression but in the process we are putting together any number of small pieces that form some sense of a whole that eventually informs meaning and understanding.  \nMy 24 preludes are not quite the never ending series of introductions, but a series of","cbCaikFsGaWjOSnT","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaikFsGaWjOSnT","pdf",126153,"English","# Abstract\n## Prelude 1\n## Prelude 2","[{\"question\":\"What issues does the paper address in relation to music education?\",\"answer\":\"It explores a range of issues in music, education, and music education, using reflections tied to the memorial address framework of preludes.\"},{\"question\":\"How does the author structure the paper?\",\"answer\":\"The paper is presented as a set of preludes—24 preludes—with each prelude functioning like interrelated comments on music and education.\"},{\"question\":\"Which thinkers and educational approaches does the paper draw on?\",\"answer\":\"It references Walter Benjamin’s essay “Unpacking my library” and draws on ongoing work about Dmitri Kabalevsky’s educational philosophy, especially his music for children.\"}]","Music education - Thoughts, reflections and considerations in 'Uniting voices' - Jacinth Oliver Memorial Address, 2017 | PDF",1792078227,15]