"Growing Up Prodigies: The Mid-Life Crisis" A Chat with Prof. Jeanne Bamberger

In my interview with Professor Jeanne Bamberger, we discuss her article entitled “Growing Up Prodigies: The Mid-Life Crisis”; her experiences as a former child prodigy and the challenges she faced as she grew into adulthood; formal and figural thinking and how we learn and process music; how chamber music helped her cope with loneliness and isolation; and how parents and teachers can better guide gifted children.

Learn more about Jeanne Bamberger!

Prof. Jeanne Bamberger researches musical development and learning: http://web.mit.edu/jbamb/www/bio.html

Prof. Bamberger studied with Artur Schnabel: http://schnabelmusicfoundation.com/artists/artur-schnabel/
And Roger Sessions: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Sessions

Prof. Bamberger is a founding member of the company, Tuneblocks, an innovative group of musicians and computer software designers whose mission is to build computer-based and hands-on products that will help you develop your creative intuitions while having fun with music: http://www.tuneblocks.com/whoarewe.jsp

A list of her recent books: The Mind behind the Musical Ear (Harvard University Press, 1995), Developing Musical Intuitions: A Project-based Introduction to Making and Understanding Music (Oxford University Press, 2000), Discovering the Musical Mind: A view of Creativity as Learning (Oxford University Press, 2013) and The Art of Listening.