Sengupta, PratimCutler, Michael John2022-05-092022-05-092022-04-29Cutler, M. J. (2022). The Musical Imagination: Re-imagining a Sound Education Through Musical Boundary Play (Doctoral thesis, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada). Retrieved from https://prism.ucalgary.ca.http://hdl.handle.net/1880/114636The purpose of this study is to understand what musical boundary play can look like when beginner musicians work with professional musicians with an emphasis on composition. In doing so, my goal is to investigate how music education can be re-imagined through the lenses of boundary objects and boundary play by engaging non-professional musicians in collaborative sound creation, improvisation, and composition along with a professional musician. The literature reviewed for this research explores the epistemological perspectives connected to music education and situates musical boundary play as an alternative approach to the more prevalent paradigms of music education in K-12 settings. A qualitative multiple-case study design was chosen to seek an in-depth understanding of the role of boundary objects and musical boundary play. The study will gather relevant data using audio and video recordings of musical boundary play, artifacts, and observations. Findings from this study can offer insight to the development of a more inclusive music education and potentially yield a pedagogical framework for music education based on musical boundary play, the musical imagination.engUniversity of Calgary graduate students retain copyright ownership and moral rights for their thesis. You may use this material in any way that is permitted by the Copyright Act or through licensing that has been assigned to the document. For uses that are not allowable under copyright legislation or licensing, you are required to seek permission.Musical Boundary PlayMusic EducationBoundary PlayPivots and the Figured WorldBoundary ObjectMusical Boundary ObjectMusic PedagogyFine ArtsMusicEducationdoctoral thesis10.11575/PRISM/39751