Educational: Music
Oxford University Press Inc Honoring Trans and GenderExpansive Students in
Book SynopsisSchool music teachers and college music teacher educators need resources for working with trans and gender expansive (TGE) students in school music programs. TGE youth are becoming more visible in schools across the U.S., and many teachers, administrators, and communities simply do not have adequate information to appropriately support these students. Honoring Trans and Gender-Expansive Students in Music Education combines new stories from TGE youth and their music teachers with researched-based practical suggestions from the authors to help teachers honor and empower TGE students to succeed in school music classrooms.Trade ReviewThis book should be on the shelf of every teacher and counselor working with K through graduate school. Garrett and Palkki have done a brilliant job providing up-to-date coverage of subjects that are difficult for some teachers to address. This book covers these issues with sundry documenting stories, that perhaps familiar to some are extremely helpful to the uninitiated as well as others looking to be informed in addressing important issues paramount to many students—a most welcomed addition. * Clifford K. Madsen, Robert O. Lawton Distinguished Professor of Music, Florida State University *Garrett and Palkki's compelling and comprehensive book humanizes and personalizes the lived experiences of trans and gender-expansive persons. This book is a brilliant and welcome addition to the music education profession. Teachers in all stages of their career will leave research-based discussions, powerful stories of TGE persons, and practical recommendations with enhanced awareness and fresh perspective, as well as empowered to make change for the better in the music classroom. * Bridget Sweet, Associate Professor of Music Education, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign *This book is integral to any music library that serves current or future music educators. * Alexa Marie Frederick, Undergraduate Music Education Student, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas, USA *Honoring Trans and Gender-Expansive Students in Music Education is a valuable resource for all educators. The practical ideas on valuing trans and gender-expansive students in the music classroom are integral for educators because more students are now comfortable with identities outside of cisgender and heteronormative identities...This book is integral to any music library that serves current or future music educators. * Alexa Marie Frederick, Music Reference Services Quarterly *Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Introduction: Teaching People to Learn though the Art of Music Part I Context 1. Starting a Conversation About Trans and Gender Expansive Youth 2. Understanding School Climate for Trans and Gender Expansive Persons 3. Safe People Creating Safe Spaces 4. Honoring Gender Diversity in Music Classrooms 5. Empowering TGE Students with Inclusive Policies 6. Working with Transgender Singers in Choral Classrooms 7. From Our Collaborators Appendix A: Glossary Appendix B: Suggested Resources Appendix C: TGE-Affirmative Policy Appendix D: Vocal Exercises References Index
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Oxford University Press Inc Music Leisure Education Historical and
Book SynopsisThis book explores historical and philosophical connections between music, leisure, and education. Specifically, it considers how music learning, teaching, and participation can be reconceptualized in terms of leisure.Trade ReviewREVIEW: Stephanie Pitts, Professor of Music Education, University of Sheffield, UK, Quote loaded: 24/09/2021.REVIEW: Gareth Dylan Smith, Assistant Professor of Music Education, Boston University , Quote loaded: 24/09/2021.Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Preface PART I Chapter 1: Music, Leisure, and Education Chapter 2: Leisure and Living PART II Chapter 3: Progressive Times: Settlements, Rational Recreation, and Music Chapter 4: Progressive Times: Play, Music, and Education Chapter 5: The Fears and Promises of the 1920s and 1930s PART III Chapter 6: How Should One Live?: Leisure and Happiness (Well-being) Chapter 7: How One Should Live: Leisure and Work Chapter 8: Leisure, Music, and the Common Good Chapter 9: Music Education as Leisure Education Notes References Index
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Gender Issues in Scandinavian Music Education
Book SynopsisGender Issues in Scandinavian Music Education: From Stereotypes to Multiple Possibilities introduces much-needed updates to research and teaching philosophies that envision new ways of considering gender diversity in music education. This volume of essays by Scandinavian contributors looks beyond the dominant Anglo-American lens while confronting a universal need to resist and rethink the gender stereotypes that limit a young person's musical development. Addressing issues at all levels of music educationfrom primary and secondary schools to conservatories and universities topics discussed include: the intersection of social class, sexual orientation, and teachers' beliefs; gender performance in the music classroom and its effects on genre and instrument choice; hierarchical inequalities reinforced by power and prestige structures; strategies to fulfill curricular aims for equality and justice that meet the diversity of the classroom;Table of ContentsChapter 1: Introduction: Envisioning gender diversity for music education (Hilde Synnøve Blix, Ingeborg Lunde Vestad and Silje Valde Onsrud) / Chapter 2: Music, gender and social change: Contemporary debates, directions and challenges (Cecilia Björck) / Chapter 3: Singing like a child: Transgressive girlhood in the music classroom (Eirik Askerøi and Ingeborg Lunde Vestad) / Chapter 4: Binary oppositions and third spaces: Perspectives on the interplay between gender, genre practice, instrument and cultural capital in upper secondary schools in Sweden (Carina Borgström Kāllén) / Chapter 5: Equality and sustainable development in Swedish music classrooms (Linn Hentschel and Cecilia Ferm Almqvist ) / Chapter 6: Positioning in a Swedish music profiled school (Mikael Persson) / Chapter 7: Thinking queer pedagogy in music education with Girl in Red (Silje Valde Onsrud) / Chapter 8: On breaking the "citational chains of gender normativity" in Norwegian art and music schools / (Hilde Synnøve Blix and Live Weider Ellefsen) / Chapter 9: Career paths in higher music education: Challenges for gender equality in the arts (Lilli Mittner and Hilde Synnøve Blix)
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HarperCollins Publishers Abracadabra Brass Treble Clef The Way to Learn
Book SynopsisLearn to play cornet, tenor horn, trombone, baritone, euphonium or tuba with popular pieces lessons and sheet music for beginnersThe Abracadabra approach to learning through songs and tunes has set countless beginners on a clear path of progress and enjoyment with their chosen instrument.An established and popular course offering a thorough grounding in basic technique.Features include: Carefully graded songs and tunes Clear guidance on theory and technique Enough flexibility to suit individual teaching approaches Ensemble skills taught through duets and trios Exercises and scales up to Grade 4Catering for all brass band instruments, this book is available in two editions: treble clef (cornet, tenor horn, trombone, baritone, euphonium, tuba) and bass clef (trombone, baritone, euphonium).
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Paradoxologeo Mom Dad who are The Beatles The Beatles Biography
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Austin Macauley Publishers Tomorrows World
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HarperCollins Publishers Singing Phonics
Book SynopsisA songbook to support the first steps in phonics through songs, chants and games, ideal for use alongside Letters and Sounds, the new Primary National Strategy phonics programme for 3-7 year olds.Singing Phonics is a song collection for 3-5 year olds, specially designed to support the earliest steps in phonics teaching and enrich young children''s experience of language in a fun and interactive way.Includes a range of songs, chants and games, all designed to increase phonics awareness.Each song comes with activities (including photocopiable resources) and ideas for further development.Ideal for use with the new phonics programme, Letters and Sounds, published by the Primary National Strategy, but will also be a highly useful addition to any phonics scheme.Many of the songs are familiar tunes, making it a highly user-friendly resource.The pack includes a CD with sample performances of all the songs. This audio can also be downloaded here: collins.co.uk/pages/music-singing-subjects-downl
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HarperCollins Publishers Get Set Piano Pieces Book 1
Book SynopsisThe popular beginner instruction books for kids with fun exercises, theory and easy songs to play.An exciting new collection of pieces by Heather Hammond and Karen Marshall, arranged and written specially for the twenty-first century child.Following and supplementing the tried and tested progression of Get Set! Piano Tutor Book 1, it includes favourites like: Alice the camel Little bird Hot cross buns We wish you a Merry ChristmasThere are also lots of engaging new pieces from jigs to jazz, featuring wriggly caterpillars, scary pirates and other imaginative characters. Many of the pieces have straightforward teacher duet parts to encourage ensemble playing from the start.The book is attractively laid out and fully illustrated, with quizzes and crosswords to reinforce learning.Trade Review…very attractively produced, with lots of activities to complete along the way to reinforce the overall theoretical learning also. …These two books working in conjunction with each other encompass so much in the way of theory, aural and sound learning that I for one will certainly be trying them '…it is clear that I am excited by “Get Set! Piano” and plan to use it with all younger beginners who come to me from now on. This of course means that in a year or so I should hopefully be able to come back with a follow-up article, and let you all know how it goes! Hopefully my enthusiasm will be undiminished of course! But don’t wait – go ahead and order up a set of these tremendous books, and check out all the great resources on the “Get Set! Piano” website – you really won’t regret it!'Andrew Eales – Pianodao ‘Get Set Piano! by Karen Marshall & Heather Hammond is probably the most outstanding – and exciting – piano tutor series to be published in recent years, and is one that I use personally for teaching children who are old enough to begin learning to read notation concurrently with playing. The visual appeal is instant and children find the mixture of favourite and new tunes engaging. The wide-ranging scope of these books inspires teachers to provide a comprehensive music learning experience as well as a meticulously thought-out piano teaching curriculum.’ – Sandy Holland, music educator, pianist and examiner
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HarperCollins Publishers Get Set Piano Tutor Book 2
Book SynopsisThe popular beginner instruction books for kids with fun exercises, theory and easy songs to play.An exciting new course by Heather Hammond and Karen Marshall, written specially for the twenty-first century child.Using the authors' tried and tested progression, the book guides learners from Prep test to Grade 1. Provides a holistic approach to music with plenty of fun activities covering:Note learningTechniqueAural skillsMusic theoryComposingPacked with favourites such as What shall we do with a drunken sailor?, In the hall of the mountain king, Amazing grace, The entertainer and engaging new tunes in contemporary styles, Get Set! Piano Tutor Book 2 is the perfect tutor for getting to Grade 1.Trade Review'…it is clear that I am excited by “Get Set! Piano” and plan to use it with all younger beginners who come to me from now on. This of course means that in a year or so I should hopefully be able to come back with a follow-up article, and let you all know how it goes! Hopefully my enthusiasm will be undiminished of course! But don’t wait – go ahead and order up a set of these tremendous books, and check out all the great resources on the “Get Set! Piano” website – you really won’t regret it!'Andrew Eales – Pianodao ‘Get Set Piano! by Karen Marshall & Heather Hammond is probably the most outstanding – and exciting – piano tutor series to be published in recent years, and is one that I use personally for teaching children who are old enough to begin learning to read notation concurrently with playing. The visual appeal is instant and children find the mixture of favourite and new tunes engaging. The wide-ranging scope of these books inspires teachers to provide a comprehensive music learning experience as well as a meticulously thought-out piano teaching curriculum.’ – Sandy Holland, music educator, pianist and examiner
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Xlibris Shoot for the Moon
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Hal Leonard Europe Limited GCSE Performance Pieces Piano
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Chester Music Ukulele From The Beginning
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Illuminate Publishing WJEC/Eduqas GCSE Music Revision Guide - Revised
Book SynopsisWelsh Language Edition. This revised edition covers the new prepared extracts in Unit 3 (WJEC) and Component 3 (Eduqas) for assessment from summer 2022: WJEC: Peer Gynt Suite No.1: Anitra's Dance: Grieg, Everything Must Go: Manic Street Preachers // Eduqas: Badinerie by J.S.Bach for Flute and String Orchestra with Harpsichord, Africa: Toto // This practical and concise revision guide is designed to support students preparing for their WJEC and Eduqas GCSE Music assessment. // Provides the necessary musical information in a succinct and accessible format, ensuring students are fully equipped for assessment // Offers students the opportunity to practise identifying the elements of music when listening, and how they are used in composing // Highlights the required Musical Terms with definitions and includes plenty of Practice Questions to assist students in developing their musical theory skills // Provides help and advice on how to approach the listening examination and coursework // Contains Sample Exam Questions with example answers and commentaries to demonstrate ways to approach the exam aspect of the course // Free audio clips and web links to music to accompany this book will be provided via a dedicated website. 'Listening' icons alongside relevant sections within the book indicate when to go online.
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The ChoiceMaker Pty Limited Weber's the Marksman
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Waldorf Publications Play! Recorders in the Classroom: Volume 2:
Book SynopsisThe recorder was first documented in the Middle Ages and for generations has been a popular instrument to teach to children because it is easy to learn and produces a clear, sweet sound. In Waldorf schools, recorder playing is part of everyday life in the classroom.This teacher edition for Class 4 (9-10 years) contains simple and happy songs from around the world to play with children. It helps the teacher understand how to play themselves and introduces some simple finger and breathing techniques
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Schott Music Ltd Violin Junior Theory Book 2 Vol. 2
Book SynopsisViolin Junior is a fun and creative violin method for children from the age of 5 years upwards. The repertoire covers a wide range of styles from classical music to folk, world and popular music. Join Fiocco the Frog in this new approach and find out just how much fun playing the violin can be!Lesson Books include many duets for two students to play together as well as imaginative technical, aural, rhythm and improvisation exercises. Piano and Violin Accompaniments are available for the Lesson Books.Theory Books cover fun games and creative exercises on music reading, music writing, aural training, composition and music theory.Concert Books provide additional repertoire and enjoyable concert pieces.Audio tracks (full version and play-along mp3s) are available for the Lesson Books, Theory Books and Concert Books. Tutorial videos are also available with technical and musical advice on many of the pieces and exercises in the Lesson Books. Additional online materials round off the method.
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Readerlink Distribution Services, LLC The Story of Pop
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Waldorf Publications Voyage in Song and Story: Music, Poetry and Plays
Book SynopsisThis wonderful book is packed full of music, verses and stories from the author's forty years' experience of music teaching in a Waldorf school.The book includes:-- Opening exercises accompanied by movements to help focus attention on the days material-- Pentatonic songs suitable for harps or recorder-- Interactive songs and games to channel childrens exuberance-- Traditional dances, songs, and poems inspired by cultures around the world-- Part songs for Classes 5 and 6-- Age-appropriate plays and music for kindergarten to Class 6This is an invaluable resource for Waldorf class teachers and music teachers more widely, published with a spiral binding for easy lay-flat use in the classroom.Trade Review'Experiencing music at the earliest appropriate age is vital. This book is important, and its influence will stay long beyond childhood. It brings joy and connection to children, parent and teacher.'-- Lee Evans, Professor of Music, Pace University
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Rhinegold Publishing Ltd Alistair Wightman: Writing About Music Workbook
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Rhinegold Publishing Ltd GCSE Music Literacy Workbook
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Poco Studio Music Theory For Young Children - Book 3
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Poco Studio Music Theory For Young Children - Book 4
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Open University Press Supporting Musical Development in the Early Years
Book SynopsisThis important book provides practical guidance for parents, teachers and other early years practitioners who are concerned with young children's musical development. The authors highlight the relationship between music and the development of communication, the expression of emotion and playfulness. They show how these three elements, in conjunction with musical activity and experience, underpin all future learning including the development of language. They go on to explore music as a subject in its own right and its role in supporting other areas of the curriculum.Insights from a wide range of research are presented in a way which makes them accessible to practitioners so that they can be used to inform and develop effective practice. Practitioners and parents are encouraged to have confidence in their own musical ability.The book provides a wide range of practical strategies and activities. It will show that everyone is capable of enjoying making music with young chiTrade Review"...another wonderfully supportive and thoughtful book in the 'Supporting Early Learning' series." - Chris HarrisonTable of ContentsIntroductionBorn musicalThe music curriculumMusic across the curriculumA music-rich environmentIntervention, observing, planning and evaluatingReferencesIndex.
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Chester Music Ukulele From The Beginning CD Edition
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Oxford University Press Winding It Back Teaching to Individual Differences in Music Classroom and Ensemble Settings
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Oxford University Press The Guitar Workbook
Book SynopsisIncreasingly, guitar study is offered alongside band, orchestra, and chorus in school music programs. This development has drawn a new population of students into those programs but has left music educators scrambling to developing meaningful, sequential courses of study that both meet the needs of these new students and align with state, county, and national curricula. Few available guitar methods are designed with the classroom in mind, and fewer still take a holistic approach to teaching and learning the instrument. In short, teachers are left to navigate a vast array of method books that cover a variety of styles and approaches, often without the confidence and experience necessary to know ''what to teach when.'' The Guitar Workbook: A Fresh Approach to Exploration and Mastery addresses the needs of these educators. Throughout the book''s 20 lessons, students are encouraged to explore the ways various guitar styles and notation systems differ, as well as the ways they support and cTrade Review"The Guitar Workbook: A Fresh Approach to Exploration and Mastery is a unique and useful resource. The text is approachable and applicable to a wide range of guitar players and students. A great addition to the field of guitar education."-Julie Goldberg, Assistant Professor, Vandercook College of Music "The Guitar Workbook by Scott Seifried successfully provides a set of techniques that will allow students to pursue the style of guitar playing that most interests them. An understanding of the fundamentals of music theory as applied to the guitar is also presented. The writing style and choice of language is engaging and audience appropriate."-Jim Ferla, Classical Guitar Instructor, Carnegie Mellon University and the University of PittsburghTable of ContentsIntroduction Lesson 1: Holding the Guitar, Making a Sound and Reading Tablature Lesson 2: Reading Fretboard Diagrams and Playing Chords Lesson 3: Reading Staff Notation Lesson 4: Open Position Chords; Foundational Shape (FS) 3 Lesson 5: Playing Two Notes Together Creativity Project I Lesson 6: Eight Note Rhythms, Alternate Picking, and Chord Strumming Lesson 7: The Half Barre; Foundational Shapes 4 and 5 Lesson 8: Open Power Chords, the A Pentatonic Minor Scale, and twelve-Bar Blues Lesson 9: Building Triads, Harmonizing melodies, and Recognizing Chords Written on the Staff Lesson 10: Slash Chords, Suspensions, and Rests Creativity Project II Lesson 11: Finger-style Playing, Rest Stroke and Open Bass Strings Lesson 12: Embellished Chords and Advanced Strumming Patterns Lesson 13: Completing Open Position Lesson 14: Major Scales, Key Signatures, and Accidentals Lesson 15: Creating Bass Lines and Power Chords Creativity Project III Lesson 16: Right Hand Arpeggios Lesson 17: The Full Barre Lesson 18:Two Octave Scales - A and E Major Lesson 19: Music in Two Parts Lesson 20: Roman Numerals, Transposition and Chromatic Pitches Creativity Project IV Appendix A: Assessment Rubrics and Grading Appendix B: Suggested Resources for Further Study
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Oxford University Press Understanding French Verse
Book SynopsisAdvice to young singers often follows the standard line of the great French singer Claire Croiza: Study the poem away from the music, so that you know what the words really mean. But Croiza''s advice is notoriously difficult to follow when performing French mélodies. Just how do you approach a French poem? In the lyric poetry on which the mélodie is based, meaning is conveyed not just through the words but also through the poem''s formal structure. Understanding French Verse: A Guide for Singers explains this formal structure and sets out the basics of French versification, using examples drawn from a wide range of well-known song settings. Its chapters examine French meters, stanzaic forms, sonnets, rondels and other fixed forms, rhyme and sound patterning, and free verse poems. Written in a clear and concise way, it explains the Alexandrine, how to distinguish different meters by counting syllables, and how to identify stresses in French verse. The book also illustrates how rhyme woTrade Review...very useful... * Dorothee Mertz-Weigel, French Review, vol. 80.1 *Table of Contents1: Why This Guide? 2: The Basics of the French Line 3: Common French Meters 4: Stanzas 5: Sonnets, rondels, and other fixed forms 6: Rhyme 7: Free verse Appendix 1. Commentaries on four poems Adieux de l'hôtesse arabe Le colibri En sourdine Montparnasse Appendix 2. Poems and songs discussed in the guide Appendix 3. A brief history of French versification Glossary of technical terms Notes Suggestions for further reading Index
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Oxford University Press Growing Musicians Teaching Music in Middle School and Beyond
Book SynopsisGrowing Musicians: Teaching Music in Middle School and Beyond focuses on teaching adolescents within the context of a music classroom. It considers the impact of music education on adolescents as they transition from child to adult as well as encourages music educators to mindfully examine their own teaching practice.Trade ReviewReading Sweets book makes one feel as though these colleagues are sitting with us, reading along and commenting. This feature, along with the authors clear writing style, make this a valuable volume, not just for middle school teachers, but for those teaching any level. * John Devorick, ACDA Choral Journal *Table of ContentsPreface ; Chapter 1: The Adolescent Musician ; Chapter 2: The Music Teacher ; Chapter 3: Establishing Music Classroom Climate ; Chapter 4: Establishing the Framework for Successful Music Classes ; Chapter 5: The Humanity of Teaching Music ; Chapter 6: Humor in the Music Classroom ; Appendix A: Teacher participant extended bios ; References ; Index
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OUP USA The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy in Music Education
Book SynopsisIn The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy in Music Education, editors Wayne D. Bowman and Ana Lucía Frega have drawn together a variety of philosophical perspectives from a global who's who of scholars. Rather than relegating philosophical inquiry to moot questions and abstract situations, the contributors to this volume address everyday concerns faced by music educators everywhere. Emphasizing clarify, fairness, rigor, and utility above all,Trade ReviewOf special interest is the inclusion of a variety of practices in music education from a global perspective...Essential. * Choice *Table of ContentsAbout the Contributors ; 1. Introduction ; Wayne Bowman and Ana Lucia Frega ; I. The Nature and Value of Philosophical Inquiry in Music Education ; 2. What Should the Music Education Profession Expect of Philosophy? ; Wayne Bowman and Ana Lucia Frega ; 3. Rethinking Philosophy, Re-Viewing Musical-Emotional Experiences ; David J. Elliott and Marissa Silverman ; 4. Voicing imbas: Performing a Philosophy of Music Education ; Helen Phelan ; 5. Philosophy of Music Education as Art of Life: A Deweyan View ; Lauri Vakeva ; 6. Uncomfortable with Immanence: The Nature and Value of Music and Music Education as Singular or Supplemental ; Bennett Reimer ; II. The Nature and Values of Music ; 7. Learning to Live Music: Musical Education as the Cultivation of a Relationship between Self and Sound ; Randall Pabich ; 8. The Grain of the Music: Does Music Education 'Mean' Something in Japan? ; Tadahiko Imada ; 9. Musical Education: From Identity to Becoming ; Michael Szekely ; 10. Teaching practices in Persian Art Music ; Erum Naqvi ; 11. Understanding Music's Therapeutic Efficacy: Implications for Music Education ; Diane Thram ; III. The Aims of Education ; 12. The Impossible Profession ; Christopher Higgins ; 13. Education in Latin American Music Schools: A Philosophical Perspective ; Luis Alfonso Estrada ; 14. Must Music Education Have an Aim? ; V. A. Howard ; 15. Cultivating Virtuous Character: The Chinese Traditional Perspective of Music Education ; Yuhwen Wang ; 16. Ethical Dimensions of School-Based Music Education ; Thomas A. Regelski ; IV. Philosophical Inquiry Directed to Curricular and Instructional Concerns ; 17. Engaging Student Ownership of Musical Ideas ; Harold Fiske ; 18. Understanding Music as the Philosophical Focus of Music Education ; Keith Swanwick ; 19. Musical Heuristics: Contributions to the Understanding of Musical Creative Processes ; Ricardo Mandolini ; 20. Nurturing the Songcatchers: Philosophical Issues in Creativity and Music Education ; John Kratus ; 21. Avoiding the Dangers of Postmodern Nihilist Curricula in Music Education ; Robert Walker ; V. Challenges to Philosophical Practice in Music Education ; 22. Good for What, Good for Whom?: Decolonizing Music Education Philosophies ; Deborah Bradley ; 23. Place, Music Education, and the Practice and Pegagogy of Philosophy ; Sandra Stauffer ; 24. On Informalities in Music Education ; Estelle Jorgensen ; 25. Music Education for <"All My Relations>" ; Charlene Morton ; VI. Afterword ; 26. But is it philosophy? ; Wayne Bowman and Ana Lucia Frega ; Index
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Oxford University Press Kodaly in the Kindergarten Classroom
Book SynopsisSince the mid-twentieth century, Zoltan Kodaly''s child-developmental philosophy for teaching music has had significant positive impact on music education around the world, and is now at the core of music teaching in the United States and other English speaking countries. Kodaly in the Kindergarten Classroom is the first comprehensive handbook to update and apply the Kodaly concepts to teaching music in early childhood classrooms. Kodaly in the Kindergarten Classroom provides teachers with a step-by-step road map for developing children''s performance, creative movement, and literacy skills in an organic and thoughtful manner. Through six years of field-testing with music kindergarten teachers in the United States, Great Britain, and Hungary (the home country of Zoltan Kodaly), authors Micheal Houlahan and Philip Tacka have developed a methodology specifically for 21st century classrooms. Houlahan and Tacka use the latest research findings in cognition and perception to create a system not only appropriate for kindergarteners'' particular developmental stages but also one which integrates vertically between kindergarten and elementary music classes. The methods outlined in this volume encourage greater musical ability and creativity in children by teaching kindergarteners to sing, move, play instruments, and develop music literacy skills. In addition, Kodaly in the Kindergarten Classroom promotes critical thinking, problem solving, and collaboration skills. Although the book uses the Kodaly philosophy, its methodology has also been tested by teachers certified in Orff and Dalcroze, and has proven an essential guide for teachers no matter what their personal philosophy and specific training might be.Over 100 children''s books are incorporated into Kodaly in the Kindergarten Classroom, as well as 35 detailed lesson plans that demonstrate how music and literacy curriculum goals are transformed into tangible musical objectives. Scholarly yet practical and accessible, this volume is sure to be an essential guide for kindergarten and early childhood music teachers everywhere.Table of ContentsIntroduction ; Chapter One ; Developing a Music Repertoire of Songs and Books for the Kindergarten Music Classroom ; Chapter Two ; Building the Framework of a Kindergarten Music Curriculum ; Chapter Three ; Developing Creative Expression Through Singing, Movement, and Playing Instruments ; Chapter Four ; A Model of Learning and Instruction for Teaching Music Concepts and Skills ; Chapter Five ; Teaching Music Concepts in Kindergarten ; Chapter Six ; Cultivating Music Skills and Creativity ; Chapter Seven ; Sequencing and Lesson Planning ; Chapter Eight ; Assessment and Evaluation in Kindergarten ; Chapter Nine ; Organizing Your Teaching Resources for the Kindergarten Classroom ; Appendix 1: Songs and Related Children's Literature for the Early Childhood and Kindergarten Classroom ; Appendix 2: Alphabetized List of Children's Literature ; Appendix 3: Children's Literature Related to Music Concepts for the Early Childhood and Kindergarten Classroom ; Appendix 4: Monthly Plans
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Oxford University Press Understanding French Verse A Guide For Singers
Table of Contents1. Why This Guide? ; 2. The Basics of the French Line ; 3. Common French Meters ; 4. Stanzas ; 5. Sonnets, rondels, and other fixed forms ; 6. Rhyme ; 7. Free verse ; Appendix 1: Commentaries on four poems ; Adieux de l'hotesse arabe ; Le colibri ; En sourdine ; Montparnasse ; Appendix 2: Pomes and songs discussed in the guide ; Appendix 3: A brief history of French versification ; Glossary of technical terms ; Notes ; Suggestions for further reading ; Index
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