<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Vicente Sierra]]></title><description><![CDATA[MUSICIAN & MUSIC TEACHER
More than 20 years in the world of music.]]></description><link>https://www.vicentesierra.com/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2026 11:27:39 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.vicentesierra.com/es/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[La teoría cognitiva de la música: cómo nuestra memoria construye el significado de lo que escuchamos]]></title><description><![CDATA[An artistic representation of the human brain, illuminated with vibrant neural connections and adorned with musical notes and stars, symbolizing creativity and the interplay between music and cognition. ¿Por qué somos capaces de reconocer una canción con solo escuchar sus primeras notas? ¿Cómo es posible recordar una melodía después de años sin volver a oírla? Y, quizá aún más sorprendente, ¿por qué dos personas pueden escuchar la misma obra y comprenderla de formas completamente diferentes?...]]></description><link>https://www.vicentesierra.com/es/post/la-teor%C3%ADa-cognitiva-de-la-m%C3%BAsica-c%C3%B3mo-nuestra-memoria-construye-el-significado-de-lo-que-escuchamos</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a6f4091cc02f12ff5e8355b</guid><category><![CDATA[Comprensión musical]]></category><category><![CDATA[Investigación y cognición musical]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2026 06:00:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/6ed1f9_7bbb0c8ce0a74b87a0a9104b972af368~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Vicente Sierra</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cognitive Theory of Music: How Memory Builds Meaning While We Listen]]></title><description><![CDATA[An artistic representation of the human brain, illuminated with vibrant neural connections and adorned with musical notes and stars, symbolizing creativity and the interplay between music and cognition. Why can we recognize a song after hearing only its opening notes? How is it possible to remember a melody years after listening to it? And perhaps even more remarkably, why do two people understand the same piece of music in completely different ways? The answer lies not only in our ears. It...]]></description><link>https://www.vicentesierra.com/post/cognitive-theory-of-music-how-memory-builds-meaning-while-we-listen</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a6f3e6e2aa0dd3fa167dd3b</guid><category><![CDATA[Musical Understanding]]></category><category><![CDATA[Music Research & Cognition]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2026 06:00:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/6ed1f9_7bbb0c8ce0a74b87a0a9104b972af368~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Vicente Sierra</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Posthumanist new materialist pathways for reimagining music education research: What matters? What can this offer music educators?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Much of historical and contemporary music education research is influenced by a Cartesian ontology of opposition.This reinforces the classic function of music and music education: the exercise of poss]]></description><link>https://www.vicentesierra.com/post/posthumanist-new-materialist-pathways-for-reimagining-music-education-research-what-matters-what-c</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a902ec62d4302f97c44bcab</guid><category><![CDATA[Musicology, History & Thought]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2026 06:00:07 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/6ed1f9_082d63922a774ec1b4614d4264b56728~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Vicente Sierra</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Enfoques poshumanistas y del nuevo materialismo para replantear la investigación en educación musical: ¿Qué es lo importante? ¿Qué pueden aportar estos enfoques a los docentes de música?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Gran parte de la investigación sobre la educación musical, tanto histórica como contemporánea, está influenciada por una ontología cartesiana basada en la oposición. Esto refuerza la función clásica d]]></description><link>https://www.vicentesierra.com/es/post/enfoques-poshumanistas-y-del-nuevo-materialismo-para-replantear-la-investigaci%C3%B3n-en-educaci%C3%B3n-musica</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a902ec7bbd513a813cc21ae</guid><category><![CDATA[Musicología, historia y pensamiento]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2026 06:00:05 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/6ed1f9_082d63922a774ec1b4614d4264b56728~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Vicente Sierra</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Perceptual Theory of Music: How the Brain Organizes Sounds Before Understanding Them]]></title><description><![CDATA[Illustration of a woman's profile highlighting the brain's response to music, with colorful musical notes and audio waves depicting cognitive and emotional engagement. A symphony orchestra may contain more than eighty musicians performing simultaneously. Yet when we listen, we do not perceive a chaotic mixture of sounds. We effortlessly distinguish melody from accompaniment, recognize the sound of a violin among dozens of instruments and even follow a single singer within a choir. How is this...]]></description><link>https://www.vicentesierra.com/post/perceptual-theory-of-music-how-the-brain-organizes-sounds-before-understanding-them</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a6e72c13e0c16484ff6bcd7</guid><category><![CDATA[Musical Understanding]]></category><category><![CDATA[Music Research & Cognition]]></category><pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2026 06:00:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/6ed1f9_60dc80add77742a6a83db5e525522707~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Vicente Sierra</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Teoría perceptiva de la música: cómo el cerebro organiza los sonidos antes de comprenderlos.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Illustration of a woman's profile highlighting the brain's response to music, with colorful musical notes and audio waves depicting cognitive and emotional engagement. Una orquesta sinfónica puede tener más de ochenta músicos tocando simultáneamente. Sin embargo, al escucharla, no percibimos una mezcla caótica de sonidos. Distinguimos sin esfuerzo la melodía del acompañamiento, reconocemos el sonido de un violín entre decenas de instrumentos e incluso seguimos a un solo cantante dentro de un...]]></description><link>https://www.vicentesierra.com/es/post/teor%C3%ADa-perceptiva-de-la-m%C3%BAsica-c%C3%B3mo-el-cerebro-organiza-los-sonidos-antes-de-comprenderlos</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a6e758c93a217f079f3a754</guid><category><![CDATA[Comprensión musical]]></category><category><![CDATA[Investigación y cognición musical]]></category><pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2026 06:00:07 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/6ed1f9_60dc80add77742a6a83db5e525522707~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Vicente Sierra</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Watch this space: Primitive visual cues enhance sight-reading accuracy]]></title><description><![CDATA[The ability to read and perform from notation is a fundamental skill in music performance. While for many musicians, staff notation is both transparent and flexible, a medium that can be used fluently]]></description><link>https://www.vicentesierra.com/post/watch-this-space-primitive-visual-cues-enhance-sight-reading-accuracy</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a902fb3b9a282494644c588</guid><category><![CDATA[Music Research & Cognition]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2026 06:00:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/6ed1f9_168f6a3387fc4562a7c312062fb1006c~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Vicente Sierra</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[No te lo pierdas: las señales visuales primitivas mejoran la precisión en la lectura a primera vista]]></title><description><![CDATA[La capacidad de leer e interpretar a partir de la notación musical es una habilidad fundamental en la interpretación musical. Aunque para muchos músicos la notación en pentagrama resulta clara y flexi]]></description><link>https://www.vicentesierra.com/es/post/no-te-lo-pierdas-las-se%C3%B1ales-visuales-primitivas-mejoran-la-precisi%C3%B3n-en-la-lectura-a-primera-vista</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a902fb3190fae3a61b8f0d7</guid><category><![CDATA[Investigación y cognición musical]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2026 06:00:04 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/6ed1f9_168f6a3387fc4562a7c312062fb1006c~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Vicente Sierra</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[¿Por qué no existe una única teoría para explicar cómo comprendemos la música?]]></title><description><![CDATA[A silhouette of a person filled with mathematical and scientific symbols is surrounded by musical notes, illustrating the harmonious connection between science, mathematics, and music. Si preguntáramos a un grupo de investigadores qué significa comprender una obra musical, es muy probable que obtuviéramos respuestas diferentes. Un psicólogo hablaría de memoria y procesos cognitivos. Un neurocientífico explicaría cómo distintas áreas del cerebro trabajan de forma coordinada. Un sociólogo...]]></description><link>https://www.vicentesierra.com/es/post/por-qu%C3%A9-no-existe-una-%C3%BAnica-teor%C3%ADa-para-explicar-c%C3%B3mo-comprendemos-la-m%C3%BAsica</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a6e70463079c1ec17313b1f</guid><category><![CDATA[Comprensión musical]]></category><category><![CDATA[Investigación y cognición musical]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2026 06:00:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/6ed1f9_745e49725f92488c8bdb6b9d8745f2ac~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Vicente Sierra</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why Is There No Single Theory That Explains How We Understand Music?]]></title><description><![CDATA[A silhouette of a person filled with mathematical and scientific symbols is surrounded by musical notes, illustrating the harmonious connection between science, mathematics, and music. Ask a group of researchers what it means to understand a piece of music, and you will probably receive very different answers. A psychologist may focus on memory and cognition. A neuroscientist will explain how multiple brain regions work together. A sociologist will emphasize culture, while a philosopher may...]]></description><link>https://www.vicentesierra.com/post/why-is-there-no-single-theory-that-explains-how-we-understand-music</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a6e6eae879f0041e505dadd</guid><category><![CDATA[Musical Understanding]]></category><category><![CDATA[Music Research & Cognition]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2026 06:00:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/6ed1f9_745e49725f92488c8bdb6b9d8745f2ac~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Vicente Sierra</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[La investigación y el plan de estudios musical]]></title><description><![CDATA[En este artículo pretendo demostrar cómo la investigación puede arrojar luz sobre la práctica y servir de base para las decisiones relativas al currículo y a la enseñanza. Me centraré en tres ámbitos en los que considero que la investigación contribuye a una comprensión más profunda de la educación musical.]]></description><link>https://www.vicentesierra.com/es/post/la-investigaci%C3%B3n-y-el-plan-de-estudios-musical</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a902fb2184aa2738e77b041</guid><category><![CDATA[Educación y pedagogía musical]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2026 13:46:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/6ed1f9_0e631205e49848f58bf30dbe22eab95c~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Vicente Sierra</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Research and the Music Curriculum]]></title><description><![CDATA[In this article, I aim to demonstrate how research can illuminate practice and inform decisions about the curriculum and teaching. I will focus on three areas where I believe research contributes to a deeper understanding of music education.]]></description><link>https://www.vicentesierra.com/post/investigaci%C3%B3n-y-el-curr%C3%ADculo-musical</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a902fb1b9a282494644c582</guid><category><![CDATA[Music Education & Pedagogy]]></category><category><![CDATA[Educación y pedagogía musical]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2026 13:45:10 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/6ed1f9_0e631205e49848f58bf30dbe22eab95c~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Vicente Sierra</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[What Happens in Our Brain When We Listen to Music? The Science Behind Musical Listening]]></title><description><![CDATA[An artistic depiction of a human brain split into vibrant orange and cool blue halves with musical notes embedded, illustrating the intersection of music and neural activity in cognitive processes. Imagine hearing the opening notes of a song you have not listened to for years. Within a fraction of a second, something remarkable happens. Before you are even consciously aware of it, your brain has already identified the timbre, searched for related memories and begun predicting the next musical...]]></description><link>https://www.vicentesierra.com/post/what-happens-in-our-brain-when-we-listen-to-music-the-science-behind-musical-listening</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a6e67b7879f0041e505cb2d</guid><category><![CDATA[Music Education & Pedagogy]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2026 06:00:07 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/6ed1f9_28279794ebe543828cb46000afa3e66c~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Vicente Sierra</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[¿Qué ocurre en nuestro cerebro cuando escuchamos música? La ciencia detrás de la escucha musical]]></title><description><![CDATA[Imagina que suena la primera nota de una canción que no escuchabas desde hace años. En apenas unas décimas de segundo ocurre algo extraordinario: antes incluso de que seas plenamente consciente de ello, tu cerebro ya ha reconocido el timbre y ha comenzado a buscar recuerdos relacionados con esa melodía.]]></description><link>https://www.vicentesierra.com/es/post/qu%C3%A9-ocurre-en-nuestro-cerebro-cuando-escuchamos-m%C3%BAsica-la-ciencia-detr%C3%A1s-de-la-escucha-musical</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a6e6bf226473ee86259de00</guid><category><![CDATA[Comprensión musical]]></category><category><![CDATA[Investigación y cognición musical]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2026 06:00:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/6ed1f9_28279794ebe543828cb46000afa3e66c~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Vicente Sierra</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[¿Escuchar música es lo mismo que oír? La diferencia que transforma nuestra forma de comprender la música]]></title><description><![CDATA[Todos oímos. Desde el momento en que nacemos, nuestro sistema auditivo capta sonidos automáticamente. El viento, una conversación, el tráfico o una melodía llegan a nuestros oídos sin esfuerzo consciente. Sin embargo, cuando hablamos de música, escuchar y oír no significan exactamente lo mismo.]]></description><link>https://www.vicentesierra.com/es/post/escuchar-m%C3%BAsica-es-lo-mismo-que-o%C3%ADr-la-diferencia-que-transforma-nuestra-forma-de-comprender-la-m%C3%BA</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a6e6d3f7a2c3bfcefd9ce54</guid><category><![CDATA[Comprensión musical]]></category><category><![CDATA[Investigación y cognición musical]]></category><pubDate>Sat, 08 Aug 2026 06:00:04 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/6ed1f9_a745395cdaca41048c3ba3fc379f5bd6~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Vicente Sierra</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Is Listening to Music the Same as Hearing? The Difference That Changes How We Understand Music]]></title><description><![CDATA[A whimsical composition blending music and culinary elements, featuring a speaker and a ladle artfully arranged on a musical staff with decorative notes. We all hear. From the moment we are born, our auditory system automatically receives sounds. The wind, a conversation, traffic noise or a melody reach our ears without any conscious effort. But when we talk about music, can we really say that hearing and listening mean the same thing? The answer is no. Understanding this distinction may...]]></description><link>https://www.vicentesierra.com/post/is-listening-to-music-the-same-as-hearing-the-difference-that-changes-how-we-understand-music</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a6e6333879f0041e505c184</guid><category><![CDATA[Musical Understanding]]></category><category><![CDATA[Music Research & Cognition]]></category><pubDate>Sat, 08 Aug 2026 06:00:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/6ed1f9_a745395cdaca41048c3ba3fc379f5bd6~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Vicente Sierra</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[¿Por qué la educación musical todavía no sabe enseñar a escuchar?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Escuchar parece la acción más sencilla del mundo. Lo hacemos desde que nacemos: escuchamos conversaciones, el sonido de la lluvia, el tráfico, una melodía en la radio o la música que acompaña una película. Sin embargo, la educación musical rara vez se detiene a preguntarse qué significa realmente enseñar a escuchar.]]></description><link>https://www.vicentesierra.com/es/post/por-qu%C3%A9-la-educaci%C3%B3n-musical-todav%C3%ADa-no-sabe-ense%C3%B1ar-a-escuchar</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a6e6dabd635bf23f82b9161</guid><category><![CDATA[Comprensión musical]]></category><category><![CDATA[Educación y pedagogía musical]]></category><pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2026 22:06:13 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/6ed1f9_718cd1c7d341422c97a0ae1e22f0a73b~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Vicente Sierra</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why is it that music education still doesn’t know how to teach people to listen?]]></title><description><![CDATA[A man immersed in music, wearing headphones with cosmic patterns, visualizes flowing musical notes and symbols, highlighting the harmonious blend of sound and imagination. "Listening seems like the simplest thing in the world. We’ve been doing it since we were born. We listen to conversations, the sound of rain, traffic, a tune on the radio or the music accompanying a film. However, when we talk about music education, we rarely stop to ask ourselves a seemingly simple question: what does...]]></description><link>https://www.vicentesierra.com/post/why-is-it-that-music-education-still-doesn-t-know-how-to-teach-people-to-listen</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a6e5804879f0041e505a9db</guid><category><![CDATA[Musical Understanding]]></category><category><![CDATA[Music Education & Pedagogy]]></category><pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2026 20:47:16 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/6ed1f9_718cd1c7d341422c97a0ae1e22f0a73b~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Vicente Sierra</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Music society and madrigal choir offer a ‘mega-cool’ concert]]></title><description><![CDATA[Gottmadingen. It was a ‘mega-cool concert,’ agreed the visitors to the packed Eichendorffhalle at the annual concert of the Gottmadingen Music Society. ‘It was like a real symphony concert!’ said one listener, surprised by the high standard and the unusual pieces performed.]]></description><link>https://www.vicentesierra.com/post/music-society-and-madrigal-choir-offer-a-mega-cool-concert</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6935b89479a98c627a60c904</guid><category><![CDATA[Press]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 07 Dec 2025 17:35:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/6ed1f9_fc87ba18d05547739783c760989995ba~mv2.webp/v1/fit/w_1000,h_684,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Vicente Sierra</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[A literally big stage]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Eichendorff Hall was filled to capacity last Saturday when the Gottmadingen Music Society held its annual concert. A special feature this year was the collaboration with the Alu Singen Madrigal Choir, which joined the Music Society in the second half of the concert to delight the audience with their beautiful singing.]]></description><link>https://www.vicentesierra.com/post/a-literally-big-stage</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6935976979a98c627a60831e</guid><category><![CDATA[Press]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 07 Dec 2025 17:14:17 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/6ed1f9_1ae5eee56cb44aa28b1ec35c432b07a1~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_864,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Vicente Sierra</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>