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This monograph explores historical and philosophical connections between music, leisure, and education. Specifically, it considers how music learning, teaching, and participation can be reconceptualized in terms of leisure. Taking as its starting point “the art of living” and the ethical question of how one should live, the book engages a wide range of scholarship to problematize the place of non-professional music-making in historical and contemporary (Western) conceptions of the good life and the common good. 

I’m also thrilled to be able to share the result of a wonderful nine-year journey with my co-author, Brent Talbot.

Click for a preview of the “a cappella book.”

Links if you want to take a closer look:

Music, Leisure, Education: Historical and Philosophical Perspectives (2022)

Education, Music, and the Lives of Undergraduates: Collegiate A Cappella and the Pursuit of Happiness (2020)

The Oxford Handbook of Technology and Music Education (2017)

The Oxford Handbook of Music Making and Leisure (2016)

I am currently involved with a couple of grant-supported research projects:

• Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Insight Grant ($96,000), PI — “Educational Beliefs on Sustaining Musical Cultures ”
• Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Insight Grant ($39,000), PI — “Canadian Scottish Pipe Bands as On and Offline Convergent Communities of Practice”

I have a number of journal articles and book chapters. Links to many of them can be found on my CV (here). You can also follow me on:

Academia.edu
ResearchGate

Some Recent Publications

• Mantie, R. Bayley, J., Veblen, K., Allstaff, K., & Sirek, D. (2023). Considering musical communities online and offline: A dedication to the life and work of Janice Waldron (13 April 1957-7 November 2022).  International Journal of Community Music, 16(1), 113-123. https://doi.org/10.1386/ijcm_00078_1
• McArton, L. & Mantie, R. (2023). Music, health and well-being in IJCM articles: An integrative review.  International Journal of Community Music, 16(1), 51-81 https://doi.org/10.1386/ijcm_00075_1.
• Mantie, R. (2023). What should one expect from a sociology of music education? Action, Criticism & Theory for Music Education, 22(1), 112-138.
• Mantie, R. (2021). Struggling with good intentions: Music education research in a “post” world. Research Studies in Music Education, 44(1), 21-33.
• Book chapters:
• Mantie, R. (forthcoming). Ethno Online. In Higgins, L. (Ed.), Ethno Research (Intellect Books). 
• Mantie, R. & Tironi, P. (forthcoming). The complexities of intercultural exchange: Ethno World as cultural change agent. In Higgins, L. (Ed.), Ethno Research (Intellect Books).
• Mantie, R. & Marais, G. (2024). It’s About the Relationships: Epiphanies in Songleading. In Morgan-Ellis, M. & Norton, K. (Eds.) The Oxford Handbook of Community Singing. New York: Oxford University Press.
• Mantie, R. (2023). I’ve Learned Three Chords. Now What? In Smith, G.D. & Powell, B. (Eds.) The Places and Purposes of Popular Music Education (pp. 115-119). Intellect Publishing.

My teaching tends to emphasize:

1. Empowerment and self-direction
2. Criticality and questioning
3. Theory and application

Some of the courses I have taught:

Undergraduate

MUZA80 Foundations in Musicianship
MUZB01 Introduction to Community Music
MUZD80 Music and Culture Senior Project
MUZC02H3 Music, Health, and Wellness
MUZB40H3 Music and Technology
VPMC01H3 Exploring Community Music
VPMC88H3 Topics in Music and Culture: Critical Issues in Music and Society
MUE101 The ASU School of Music Experience
MUE110 Introduction to Music Education
MUE337 Woodwind Lab
MUE327 Brass Lab
MU472 Instrumental Methods
MU571 Student Teaching Practicum
MU276 Jazz Performance & Context: II
MU196 Jazz Workshop
MU195 Jazz Combo

Graduate

CTL5018H: Sounds of Change: Issues in Music Education
CTL5033HF Arts in Urban Schools
MSI601 Continuing Topics in Music Research
MUE790 Doctoral Seminar
MUE559 Social and Cultural Studies in Music Education
MUE598 Music and Community Engagement
MUE579 Psychology of Music
MU780 Research and Directed Study in Music Education
MU773/777 Foundations of Music Education I: Philosophy and History
MU775 Introduction to Music Education Research
MU735 Critique in Music Education
MU768 Curriculum Project
MU534 Teaching Jazz: A Course for Non-Jazz Musicians
73.650.201 Research in Music Education

Doctoral Thesis Supervision

Supervisor

• Showen, Austin. “Learning Without Representation: A Critique of Representational Thought in Philosophies of Arts Education and Curriculum.” Arizona State University (2020). 
• O’Leary, Jared. “A Corpus-assisted Discourse Analysis of Multidisciplinary Practices within Chipmusic.org.” Co-supervised with Evan Tobias. Arizona State University (2018). 
• Hawkins, Kevin. “A Collaborative Research Inquiry into Issue of Male Choral Participation at The Middle and High School Level.” Boston University (2015)
• Warner, Matt. “Jazz Education Rationales and Secondary School Jazz Ensembles: Paradoxes, Problems and Potentials.” Boston University (2013).
• Cook, Andrew. “A Poststructural Investigation of Music Teachers and Music Education in Film.” Boston University (2013).
• Svenningsen, Russell. “The Norwegian Men’s Singing Society in America: An Exploration of Musical Tradition as Cultural Identification and Community Learning.” Boston University (2012).
• Williams, Jana. “Male Participation and Recruitment Issues in Middle and High School Chorus.” Boston University (2011).

Reader

• Fjeldstad, Mari Ystanes. “Knots of Knowing-in-Playing. Stories from Violin Lessons Read Diffractively through Agential Realism.” External examiner. Norwegian Academy of Music. (2023).
• Shephard, Gordon. “Exploring the Significance of Musical-Emotional Response on Community Band Participation.” External examiner. York University, Toronto (2021).
• Johnson, David. “Raising Voices: Singing Repertoire and Practices in Swedish Schools.” Lund University, Sweden (2021).
• Jager, David Hiroshi. Listening to Difference: A Deleuzian Approach to Music Education.” University of Toronto (2020).
• Kunaeva, Teresa. “Music Masters: Facilitating Community Music Participation by Older Adults in Instrumental Ensembles.” External examiner. Griffith University (2019).
• Tremblay-Beaton, Katie. “‘Caught in the Middle’: Investigating Middle School Teachers’ Pedagogical Approaches in Instrumental Music Class.” University of Toronto (2019).
• Rathgeber, Jesse. “Troubling Disability: Experiences of Disability In, Through, and Around Music.” Arizona State University (2018). 
• Olsen, Lana. “A Culturally Relevant Symbol: Participant Engagement in a Volunteer Tourism Youth Education Program and Impacts on Program Youth.” Arizona State University (2018). 
• Bickmore, Isaac. “The Musical Life of Billy Cioffi: A Narrative Inquiry.” Arizona State University (2017). 
• Raya, Bryan. “A Survey of the Current Financial Trends in American Adult Community Bands.” Arizona State University (2017). 
• Miller, Josephine. “An Ethnographic Analysis of Participation and Agency in a Scottish Community-based Music Project.” External examiner. University of Sheffield (2016).
• Redden, James.  “Effects of Presentation Mode on Community College Students’ Perception of Performance Quality and Musical Engagement.” Boston University (2014).
• Woodard, Scott. “Ilya Alexandrovich Musin: Pedagogue, Conductor, and Author.” Boston University (2014).
• Powell, Alex. “Organizational Identity in the History of the Longy School of Music.” Boston University (2014).
• Kent, Evan. “So Much More Than Kumbaya: Music at Jewish Summer Camps And The Formation Of Jewish Identity.” Boston University (2013).
• Billaud, Louise. “The Case of the Highlands Community Band: Structuration, Self-Determination, and a Model of Community Band Participation.” Boston University (2013).
• DeQuattro, Anthony. “A Comparison of The Beat Competency And Rhythm Echo Accuracy Of High School Musicians And Dancers.” Boston University (2013).
• Held, Jeff. “Ethos For Individual Performance Development: Descriptions of Music Majors In College Bands.” Boston University (2012).
• Thiele, Margaret. “The Contradiction of Policy and Religion for Women With Music In Elementary Pre-Service Training: A Critical Policy Implementation Analysis.” Boston University (2012).
• Snow, Michelle. “Music Education and Entrepreneurship: Post-Secondary Music Teacher Education and Value Creation For Individuals And Communities.” Boston University (2012).
• Stefanov, Ivan. “High School Music Student and Teacher Perceptions of Online Learning Environments.” Boston University (2010).

Beyond the usual activity of serving on various committees, some of my recent university service includes:

• Program Director for the Music and Culture program at UTSC 
• Co-chair of the University Hearing Board at Arizona State University
• Community Music @ The Center (Phoenix Center for the Arts)
• Mayo Make Music Project (Mayo Clinic, Phoenix)

Some of my recent service to the profession includes:

• Senior Editor, International Journal of Community Music (2022-present)
• Executive board member for the International Society for Music Education (2020-2022)
• Chair of the International Society for the Philosophy of Music Education (2019-2023)
• Co-editor, Canadian Winds/Vents canadiens (2018-2022)
• Advisory board member, International Centre for Community Music (2016-present)

In addition to ad hoc reviewing for various journals and book publishers, I am currently an editorial board member for Research Studies in Music Education, Journal of Popular Music Education, and Action, Criticism, and Theory for Music Education.

A complete listing of my service activities can be found on my CV (found here).

Please enjoy this exciting new project I have been working on (here).