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Portfolio careers and work-life balance among musicians: An initial study into implications for higher music education

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 June 2015

Adele Teague  and
Gareth Dylan Smith
Adele Teague
Affiliation:
Institute of Contemporary Music Performance, 1A Dyne Road, London NW6 7XG, UKstand.out.from.the.crowd@hotmail.com, garethdylansmith@gmail.com
Gareth Dylan Smith
Affiliation:
Institute of Contemporary Music Performance, 1A Dyne Road, London NW6 7XG, UKstand.out.from.the.crowd@hotmail.com, garethdylansmith@gmail.com
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Abstract

Musicians are acknowledged to lead complex working lives, often characterised as portfolio careers. The higher music education research literature has tended to focus on preparing students for rich working lives and multiple identity realisations across potential roles. Extant literature does not address the area of work-life balance, which this paper begins to explore, as the authors seek to better understand potential challenges around combining music graduates' multivariate ambitions, commitments and identities as musicians in the world. Rich data are presented, following interviews with professional musicians in London, UK, discussing health, portfolio careers and family. The authors conclude that more research is required to gain a deeper understanding of work-life balance for musicians, and that pedagogical approaches in higher music education could more effectively help students to prepare for their futures in a more holistic way.

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British Journal of Music Education , Volume 32 , Issue 2 , July 2015 , pp. 177 - 193
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