Publications & Recordings

David Myers's (creative studies and media, music education) book, Redefining Music Studies in an Age of Change: Creativity, Diversity, Integration, was released by Routledge in September 2016. He co-authored the book with Ed Sarath (University of Michigan) and Patricia Shehan Campbell (University of Washington). The book draws on the authors' research and personal experience in calling for progressive, student-centered change that derives from the foundational content and processes of music across cultures, including the importance of composition and improvisation for all career aspiring musicians. Both the conditions for and the significant impediments to change in higher education are addressed. Jeff Magee, director of the University of Illinois School of Music notes, "Three of the College Music Society's authors of its compelling Manifesto expand on it with a book that will surely become foundational for all educators and administrators who seek to chart new curricular paths apt for their own institutions and visions. What makes the book particularly valuable is the way it addresses processes of change—the How—as well as the content and rationale for change—the What and the Why. As the last chapter argues, those who recognize the need for change must now move ‘from words to action.’”