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A fully pragmatic pedagogical approach toward developing complete musicianship in beginning through advanced level string players by incorporating the ideas of Mimi Zweig, Paul Rolland, and Shinichi Suzuki.

Many can attest to the importance of the self-growth that occurs for young people through the arts and their accompanying communities of support, understanding, and caring. Yet even professionals who work

This draws on a lifetime of arts advocacy to provide answers to the questions so many teachers have but are afraid (or simply too busy) to ask. This is a simple, hands-on guidebook for becoming an

The most familiar entertainment icons and storylines from the 1950s and 60s remain potent signs that continue to resonate within contemporary American society and culture. Both the political Left and Right

This first-of-its-kind compendium unites perspectives from artists, scholars, arts educators, policymakers, and activists to investigate the complex system of values surrounding artistic-educational

An ideal guide for preparing future band directors for the challenges and obstacles that they will face early in their teaching careers. Easy to understand, it's written in a quick reference guide format

Baton Basics offers a unique approach to teaching conducting based upon the concept of conveying weight, resistance, and energy in order to communicate a better concept of musical sound to the musicians.

Becoming a Music Teacher: Student to Practitioner focuses on making the connections between the college music classroom and public school music classroom transparent, visible, and relevant. Award-winning

• Provides a new pedagogical approach to human musicality and music education
• Reveals how our capacities to live musically and to cultivate a musical life are derived from the legacies of... view details

• Explains the different factors that go into a succesful and durable music program
• Offers a clear guide to creating a guitar program from scratch
• Focuses on under-discussed aspects... view details

In Chances and Choices, Stephanie Pitts surveys the aims and impact of formative musical experiences, evaluating the extent to which music education of various kinds provides a foundation for lifelong

This pioneering book provides music teachers, parents and early childhood educators a wealth of materials and a clear roadmap for applying Reggio-inspired principles and practices to preschool and early

Choral Artistry provides a practical and organic approach to teaching choral singing and sight-reading. The text is grounded in current research from the fields of choral pedagogy, music theory,

• Provides an understanding of the connectivity between performance, repertoire, music theory, sight-reading, improvisation, and musicological knowledge
• Uses a Performance to Notation model... view details

• Provides an easy, step-by-step guide for teachers with little or no experience teaching jazz
• Includes hundreds of musical examples and an appendix of chord symbols
• Offers tips for... view details

• Provides interdisciplinary insight into how musical care is understood and undertaken during different stages of the life course
• Offers a variety of perspectives from practitioners and... view details

Including contributions from leading figures in ethnomusicology, music education, theory/composition, professional performance, and administration, College Music Curricula for a New Century addresses

In order to prepare pre-service teachers and meet the needs of practitioners in the field, music teachers and educators need resources to guide the development of curriculum, specific courses, professional

This innovative approach to the instruction of the craft of music composition is based on tailored exercises to help students develop their creativity. When the process of composition is condensed to a

In this series of personal interviews with some of the most prominent composers of ... view details

Music education scholars and practitioners provide eleven chapters of tried-and-true strategies for using mobile devices in a variety of contexts, from general music education to ensembles and from K-12 to

This is one of five paperback books derived from the foundational two-volume Oxford Handbook of Music Education. Designed for music teachers, students, and scholars of music education, as well as

Critical Issues in Music Education: Contemporary Theory and Practice examines the rich and challenging complexities of music teaching and learning from a variety of perspectives. With individual expertise