Teaching Music with Technology

Teaching Music with Technology
Author: Thomas E. Rudolph
Publisher: GIA Publications
Total Pages: 480
Release: 2004
Genre: Music
ISBN: 9781579993139

This text covers topics from MIDI and electronic keyboards to the Internet and the copyright law to most recent developments in hardware, software, and pedagogy. The accompanying CD-ROM provides end-of-chapter questions, activities and projects, lesson plans, web activities, demo programs and much more.

Crowd Control

Crowd Control
Author: Susan L. Haugland
Publisher: R&L Education
Total Pages: 96
Release: 2013-02-01
Genre: Music
ISBN: 1475803648

Crowd Control 2nd edition is a nuts-and-bolts manual for teachers of middle and high school performance-based classes such as band, orchestra, and chorus. This practical 'how-to' guide shows teachers, pre-service or experienced, efficient ways to manage large performance-based classrooms. With wit and sage tried-and-true advice, Haugland provides a complete behavior plan as well as concrete ideas for addressing the National Standards, Common Core, assessment, advocacy, and ensemble team building, along with ways to form a professional network. Accessible and indispensable, Crowd Control will become a vital resource in every music teacher's library.

Choral Music: Methods and Materials

Choral Music: Methods and Materials
Author: Barbara A. Brinson
Publisher: Cengage Learning
Total Pages: 432
Release: 2012-12-20
Genre: Music
ISBN: 9781133599661

This essential text provides choral music educators with a well-organized, practical introduction to directing choirs and managing choral programs at the middle-school through high-school level. It offers step-by-step advice on designing and administering a choral program, from curricula to repertoire to performance, and helps instructors develop a personal philosophy of music education. Important Notice: Media content referenced within the product description or the product text may not be available in the ebook version.

You Want Me to Teach What?

You Want Me to Teach What?
Author: Mari Schay
Publisher: Alfred Music
Total Pages: 111
Release: 2014-02-12
Genre: Music
ISBN: 147062592X

You’re a secondary instrumental or choral specialist, newly assigned to the general music classroom. What now? First, take a breath, calm down, and then read this book. Two experienced teachers who conquered this challenge offer practical advice with great care and wit. Chapters of the book address attitude, school environment, classroom management, curriculum and assessment, and student performance. In addition, concrete lesson plans are provided for each grade level. This book covers Pre-K through sixth grade.

Becoming a Choral Music Teacher

Becoming a Choral Music Teacher
Author: Patrice Madura Ward-Steinman
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 247
Release: 2010-04-26
Genre: Music
ISBN: 1135241457

This textbook prepares Music Education and Choral Conducting majors to be effective middle school and high school choral music teachers. It fully integrates the choral field experience for hands-on learning and reflection and allows the student to observe and teach the book’s principles. It covers the essentials of vocal development, auditions, literature, rehearsals, classroom management, and practical matters.

Building Choral Excellence

Building Choral Excellence
Author: Steven M. Demorest
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 190
Release: 2003-04-10
Genre: Music
ISBN: 0199883130

Designed for both the practicing choral director and the choral methods student, this is a compact and comprehensive overview of the many teaching methods, strategies, materials, and assessments available for choral sight-singing instruction. Sight-singing is an important, if sometimes neglected, facet of choral music education that often inspires fear and uncertainty in student and teacher alike. Written in an accessible style, this book takes the mystery out of teaching music reading. Topics covered include the history of sight-singing pedagogy and research, prominent methods and materials, and practical strategies for teaching and assessment. This is the only book to provide such a wealth of information under one cover and will become an essential part of every choral conductor's library.

Lessons from the World

Lessons from the World
Author: Patricia Shehan Campbell
Publisher: MacMillan Publishing Company
Total Pages: 364
Release: 1991
Genre: Music
ISBN: