This is an informative and practical resource for all who are invested in making music composition an integral part of curriculum. The book addresses the practical needs of music educators by offering both a well-grounded justification for teaching music composition and also a c…
Music Outside the Lines is an informative and practical resource for all who are invested in making music composition an integral part of curriculum. Author Maud Hickey offers both a well-grounded justification for teaching music composition and also a compendium of useful instr…
To reach the highest standards of instrumental performance, several years of sustained and focused learning are required. This requires perseverance, commitment, and opportunities to learn and practise, often in a collective musical environment. This book brings together a wide …
"What's So Important About Music Education? addresses the history of rationales provided for music education in the United States. J. Scott Goble explains how certain factors stemming from the nation's constitutional separation of church and state, its embrace of democracy and c…
Argues for the importance of musical activity in human life and for the importance of music in education. This book presents a model for teaching the musical practices of the nation's constituent cultural groups in schools in terms of their respective cultural meanings.
The prevailing discourse surrounding urban music education suggests the deficit-laden notion that urban school settings are 'less than' rather than 'different from' their counterparts. Through the lens of contextually specific teaching, this book provides a counternarrative on u…
"The prevailing discourse surrounding urban music education suggests the deficit-laden notion that urban school settings are "less than," rather than "different than," their counterparts. Through the lens of contextually-specific teaching, this book provides a counternarrative o…
