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Trade Reviewa readable and constantly intelligent book * Tim Homfray, The Strad *
Table of ContentsPART I: CONTEXT ; 1. What is a Teaching Artist? ; 2. Teaching Artists in the Arts Learning Ecosystem ; 3. Guidelines for Teaching Artistry ; 4. The Best Reason for Being a Teaching Artist ; 5. Balancing the Two Economies of Today's Musician ; PART II: THE OVERLOOKED ESSENTIALS ; 6. Role Play: The Four Angles in Arts Learning ; 7. Inside the Liminal Zone ; 8. The Habits of Mind of Musical Learning ; 9. The Essential Skills of the 21st Century Artist ; 10. Creating the Playground ; PART III: LEARNING TO BE A TEACHING ARTIST ; 11. The Entry Point Question-Where to Begin? ; 12. A Teaching Artist's Curriculum ; 13. What Does "Better" Look Like? ; 14. Mentoring: Myths and Mission ; PART IV: THE FUNDAMENTALS OF WORKING IN EDUCATION SETTINGS ; 15. Truth and Dare in Education Programs ; 16. How to Succeed in School Environments ; 17. Getting Schooled on School Performances ; 18. Art for Art's Sake or for the School's Sake? ; 19. Blind Dates, Steady Dating, and Musical Marriages ; PART V: CURRENT CHALLENGES ; 20. Arts Integration: The Hot Zone ; 21. Reflecting on Reflection ; 22. The Dos and Don'ts of Assessment ; 23. Feedback: Giving and Getting It Right ; PART VI: BRINGING TEACHING ARTISTRY INTO PERFORMANCES ; 24. Fuller Audience Engagement: What Does It Look Like? ; 25. Speak Up or Shut Up?: Using Words in Performance ; 26. Interactive Performances ; 27. The Very Open Rehearsal ; PART VII EXPANDING THE ROLES OF THE TEACHING ARTIST ; 28. The Essential Educational Entrepreneur ; 29. The Private Music Lesson ; 30. The Everyday Advocate ; 31. The Telling Facts of Advocacy ; PART VIII BEYOND THE BORDERS ; 32. They Take the High Road ; 33. The Planet Gets It Together ; 34. The Guiding Spirit ; Index
