Name:Anne Chabot-Bucchi

School/Affiliation:Université de Montréal

Co-Authors:n/a

Virtual or In-person:Virtual

Abstract:

Over the past decade, more concerts have been designed for young children (Dyonissiou & Fytika, 2017; Ben Moshe & Gluchankof, 2022), giving them opportunities to explore music and engage in non-formal music learning (Creech et al., 2020). Infants, recognized as "music connoisseurs" due to their excellent musical memory and listening skills from birth (Trebub & Degé, 2015), show strong interest in these performances (Barbosa et al., 2021). Recent studies indicate that babies can remain engaged for extended periods during musical performances with their parents (Barbosa et al., 2021). They are more engaged with play songs compared to lullabies (Kragness et al., 2023a) and prefer live performances over recorded ones (Kragness et al., 2023b). These findings suggest that infants may enjoy participating in performances of tonal classical or children’s music. However, there is limited understanding of how their engagement varies depending on the musical style of the performance. To address this, we are conducting a research-creation project with three objectives: (1) creating an immersive experience in contemporary music, (2) documenting children's engagement in this context, and (3) identifying factors that may influence their participation. In this poster, we present the process of creating this experiment and discuss how insights from neuroscience have guided our approach.