Keith Swanwick is Emeritus Professor of the Institute of Education, University College, London. Previously he was Professor of Music Education and Dean of Research. After graduating with distinction from the Royal Academy of Music, Keith Swanwick taught in schools and university. At various times he has been a choral and orchestral conductor, an orchestral musician and a church music director. His PhD was a study of Music and the Education of the Emotions. From 1984 to 1998, he was, with John Paynter, editor of the British Journal of Music Education. In 1987 he became the first Chairman of the British National Association for Education in the Arts and from 1991 to 1995 was Chair of the Music Education Council (UK). Since the publication of A Basis for Music Education in 1979, he has been a major influence on the theory and practice of music education. His insights into the fundamentals of music and music education are recognised by invitations from over 20 countries to give presentations, conduct workshops, or advise as a consultant. During 1998 he was Visiting Professor, University of Washington and from 1999–2001 Advisory Professor at the Institute of Education in Hong Kong. In 2004 he held in Tokyo a Fellowship of the Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science. In 2011 the Brazilian government provided music teachers with copies of his book Ensinando Música Musicalmente. He is the editor of Music Education, (Routledge 2012) a four-volume collection of significant work in the field. In 2016 Routledge published A Developing Discourse in Music Education, a selection from his extensive writing.

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Philosophy and psychology of musical experience, children's musical development and the evaluation of music teaching and learning

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