Author: Dr. Rivka Elkoshi Summary: Dr. Rivka Elkoshi is a professional musician who serves as a music teacher, researcher, and pianist a...
Summary:
Dr. Rivka Elkoshi is a professional musician who serves as a music teacher, researcher, and pianist and as a senior lecturer of music at Levinsky College in Tel-Aviv, Israel. At Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel, she takes on the responsibility of supervising doctoral dissertations. Her teaching experience spans both undergraduate and postgraduate levels, and she has shared her expertise in workshops for music educators on behalf of the Education Ministry in Israel. Dr. Elkoshi's expertise lies in diverse areas, including research on music perception and musical literacy, piano pedagogy, and the Orff method. Noteworthy is her recognition as a recipient of an Institutional Fellowship for her work on children’s musical perception. Beyond her academic pursuits, she has actively contributed as a manager at the Israeli Musicology Society and has presented her research internationally. Her extensive publications include piano compositions, books on piano and Orff pedagogy, book chapters and articles featured in prominent British and American journals. Dr Elkoshi has served as an editor and author in the book "Rainbow Inspiration in Art" published by New York Nova Publication in 2017. Her dedicated focus is to explore the synergistic connections between visual art and music, advocating strongly for integrated music and art education programmes. As part of an ongoing series of research studies, her article "Animals in the Arts: Exploring Aesthetic Perception and Advocating for Music-Art Infused Education," published in Great Britain Journals Press in 2024, delves into the intricate relationship between the arts. This work, along with future research projects in this vein, particularly highlights the integration of music and visual art for a more enriched learning experience.