Listening to Voices Seldom Heard

Abstract

As narrative inquiry begins its second decade of formal engagement in the field of music education, there is a need to expand upon the work of two introductory texts, Narrative Inquiry in Music Education: Troubling Certainty (Barrett and Stauffer, Narrative inquiry in music education: troubling certainty. Springer, New York/Dordrecht, 2009), and Narrative Soundings: An Anthology of Narrative Inquiry in Music Education (Barrett and Stauffer, Narrative soundings: an anthology of narrative inquiry in music education. Springer, New York/Dordrecht, 2012). The present volume is intended to build upon these previous texts in two ways. First, it allows scholars and readers to experience and confront music education stories from multiple perspectives and worldviews, inviting an international readership to engage in critical dialogue with and about seldom-heard or relegated voices in music. Second, the authors address ways in which narrative might be represented beyond the printed page, such as with music, film, photography, and performative pieces.