Elizabeth “Betsy” Oehrle ’54, Ph.D., a well-known and respected music educator in Durban, South Africa, has published “Creative Musicking.” This book is for everyone, especially educators, who wish to use creative music-making to develop their own or their students’ creative potential and broaden their concept of music.

The starting point for each series of lessons is the musical experience based on the musics of Africa, India and the West. Each lesson is devised so readers are active in discovering their own creative potential along with characteristics of the different musics. By experiencing music from different cultures and understanding their construction, readers will begin to appreciate types of music about which they may know very little. Understanding, appreciating and enjoying differences in music is one way of opening doors between people; it is one way of realizing that cultural diversity is a cause for celebration.

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