Music & Education

Focusing on democracy as a vital dimension in teaching music, this book visits music as democratic practice in both public schooling and in teacher education. Essays include the teaching of the arts as a response to democratic participation; diversity in music classes including issues such as race, ..

Today’s music students encounter a greater diversity of musical traditions and critical approaches to their study as well as a wider set of skills than their forebears. These developments come at a price. More material cannot be added to the curriculum without either sacrificing depth for breadth or..

'A boy sings...a beautiful thing' (www.boychoirs.org), but is it? What kinds of boy, singing what kinds of music and to whom? Martin Ashley presents a unique consideration of boys' singing that shows the high voice to be historically, culturally and physiologically more problematic even than is comm..

'A boy sings...a beautiful thing' (www.boychoirs.org), but is it? What kinds of boy, singing what kinds of music and to whom? Martin Ashley presents a unique consideration of boys' singing that shows the high voice to be historically, culturally and physiologically more problematic even than is comm..

Popular musicians acquire some or all of their skills and knowledge informally, outside school or university, and with little help from trained instrumental teachers. How do they go about this process? Despite the fact that popular music has recently entered formal music education, we have as yet a ..

Comparing the characteristics of informal popular music learning and those of formal music education, this study is based on the outcomes of research from interviews which took place between October 1998 and May 1999 with 14 popular musicians living in and around London, aged from 15 to 50...

Despite their central role in many forms of music-making, drummers have been largely neglected in the scholarly literature on music and education. Drawing on data collected from in-depth interviews and questionnaires, Gareth Dylan Smith explores the identities, practices and learning of teenage and ..

Despite their central role in many forms of music-making, drummers have been largely neglected in the scholarly literature on music and education. Drawing on data collected from in-depth interviews and questionnaires, Gareth Dylan Smith explores the identities, practices and learning of teenage and ..

This book offers new perspectives on the revolutionary potential of improvisation pedagogy. A global range of contributors articulate how improvisation can reinvigorate old curricula; help teachers and students communicate more effectively; break down boundaries between classrooms and communities; a..

Keyboard Skills for Music Educators: Score Reading is the first textbook equip future educators with the ability to play from an open score at the keyboard. Score reading can be a daunting prospect for even the most accomplished pianist, but it is a skill required of all choral and instrumental musi..

This book examines what musical leadership is, by delving into the choral conductor role, what goes on in the music-making moment, and what it takes to do it well. One of the unique features of the musical ensemble is the simultaneity of collective discipline and individual expression. Music is ther..

In an age when students come to class with more varied music listening preferences and experiences than ever before, music educators can find themselves at a loss for how to connect with their students. The book provides an accessible introduction to scholarship on music listening across the discipl..