- Title Pages
- Acknowledgments
- List of Contributors
- Introduction
-
Chapter 1 Analyzing musical prodigiousness using Gagné’s Integrative Model of Talent Development -
Chapter 2 Two roads diverged in the musical wood -
Chapter 3 Syzygies, social worlds, and exceptional achievement in music -
Chapter 4 Genetic influences on musical giftedness, talent, and practice -
Chapter 5 Musicological reports on early 20th century musical prodigies -
Chapter 6 Early and late bloomers among 120 classical composers -
Chapter 7 The wunderkind composer -
Chapter 8 Working memory in musical prodigies -
Chapter 9 The brain’s rapid encoding of rule-governed domains of knowledge -
Chapter 10 On the cognitive-developmental theory of the child prodigy phenomenon -
Chapter 11 Transitioning musical abilities into expertise and beyond -
Chapter 12 Growing-up prodigies -
Chapter 13 Musical prodigies and motivation -
Chapter 14 Musical prodigies -
Chapter 15 Prodigies of music composition -
Chapter 16 Development of timing skills -
Chapter 17 Igor -
Chapter 18 The career decisions of musical prodigies -
Chapter 19 Musical prodigies within the virtual stage of YouTube -
Chapter 20 Synesthesia and prodigiousness: the case of Olivier Messiaen -
Chapter 21 Prodigious musical talent in blind children with autism and learning difficulties -
Chapter 22 Veridical mapping in the development of autistic musical savants -
Chapter 23 “Proofs of genius” -
Chapter 24 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart the child performer–composer -
Chapter 25 Ludwig van Beethoven -
Chapter 26 The “Second Mozart” -
Chapter 27 Teresa Carreño -
Chapter 28 A folk song prodigy? Considering the exceptional musical childhood of Chilean folklorist Margot Loyola -
Chapter 29 Glenn Gould -
Chapter 30 André Mathieu (1929–1968) -
Chapter 31 Jack Teagarden’s Southwestern Sound -
Chapter 32 “Little” Stevie Wonder: Motown musical prodigy -
Chapter 33 “You can’t win, child, but you can’t get out of the game” -
Chapter 34 Jason Becker -
Chapter 35 Justin Bieber, YouTube, and new media celebrity - Author Index
- Subject Index
The career decisions of musical prodigies
The career decisions of musical prodigies
- Chapter:
- (p.409) Chapter 18 The career decisions of musical prodigies
- Source:
- Musical Prodigies
- Author(s):
Jae Yup Jung
Paul Evans
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
This chapter draws on the literature on musical prodigies and prodigies in general, career decision-making theory, the development of music professionals, and the career decisions of gifted adolescents, to arrive at an overview of the unique and complex career decisions of musical prodigies. The discussion, which incorporates multiple examples from the lives of prominent musical prodigies, centers on early career-related decisions, the experience of a midlife crisis, the subsequent “mature” career decision, and some of the reasons for the eventual pursuit or non-pursuit of an adult career in music. A number of implications for research, and recommendations for the guidance and counseling of musical prodigies, are provided.
Keywords: musical prodigies, prodigies, gifted adolescents, career decision-making, midlife crisis
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- Title Pages
- Acknowledgments
- List of Contributors
- Introduction
-
Chapter 1 Analyzing musical prodigiousness using Gagné’s Integrative Model of Talent Development -
Chapter 2 Two roads diverged in the musical wood -
Chapter 3 Syzygies, social worlds, and exceptional achievement in music -
Chapter 4 Genetic influences on musical giftedness, talent, and practice -
Chapter 5 Musicological reports on early 20th century musical prodigies -
Chapter 6 Early and late bloomers among 120 classical composers -
Chapter 7 The wunderkind composer -
Chapter 8 Working memory in musical prodigies -
Chapter 9 The brain’s rapid encoding of rule-governed domains of knowledge -
Chapter 10 On the cognitive-developmental theory of the child prodigy phenomenon -
Chapter 11 Transitioning musical abilities into expertise and beyond -
Chapter 12 Growing-up prodigies -
Chapter 13 Musical prodigies and motivation -
Chapter 14 Musical prodigies -
Chapter 15 Prodigies of music composition -
Chapter 16 Development of timing skills -
Chapter 17 Igor -
Chapter 18 The career decisions of musical prodigies -
Chapter 19 Musical prodigies within the virtual stage of YouTube -
Chapter 20 Synesthesia and prodigiousness: the case of Olivier Messiaen -
Chapter 21 Prodigious musical talent in blind children with autism and learning difficulties -
Chapter 22 Veridical mapping in the development of autistic musical savants -
Chapter 23 “Proofs of genius” -
Chapter 24 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart the child performer–composer -
Chapter 25 Ludwig van Beethoven -
Chapter 26 The “Second Mozart” -
Chapter 27 Teresa Carreño -
Chapter 28 A folk song prodigy? Considering the exceptional musical childhood of Chilean folklorist Margot Loyola -
Chapter 29 Glenn Gould -
Chapter 30 André Mathieu (1929–1968) -
Chapter 31 Jack Teagarden’s Southwestern Sound -
Chapter 32 “Little” Stevie Wonder: Motown musical prodigy -
Chapter 33 “You can’t win, child, but you can’t get out of the game” -
Chapter 34 Jason Becker -
Chapter 35 Justin Bieber, YouTube, and new media celebrity - Author Index
- Subject Index
