Composing Our Future : Preparing Music Educators to Teach Composition
ISBN: 9780199832293 | 0199832293
Format: PaperbackPublisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Pub. Date: 1/18/2013
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Composing Our Futureis the ideal book for music teacher-educators seeking to learn more about composition education. While much has been written on the value of composition, both pre-service and practicing teachers still report a degree of trepidation when asked to engage in composition or in leading students to compose. In order to prepare pre-service teachers and meet the needs of practitioners already in the field, music teacher educators need resources to guide the development of undergraduate and graduate curriculum, specific courses, prof... MORE
| Contents | |
| Introduction | |
| Embracing Composition in Music Teacher Education | |
| Foundations and Futures | |
| Music Composition Intelligence and Creative Thinking in Music | |
| How Teachers Can Learn from Composition Research | |
| The Compositional Turn in Music Education: From Closed Forms to Open Texts | |
| Model Practices in Teaching Composition | |
| Prepar... MORE | |
| Scaffolding Student Composers | |
| Teaching Gifted Learners in Composition | |
| Facilitating Composition in Instrumental Settings | |
| Guiding Composition in Choral Settings | |
| Composition and Students with Special Needs | |
| Composition and Technology | |
| Capitalizing on Emerging Technologies in Composition Education | |
| The Vermont Midi Project - Fostering Mentorships in Multiple Environments | |
| Digital Natives and Composition in the Middle School Band: From Imagination to Music | |
| Composition in Undergraduate Courses | |
| Composition in International Settings: Broadening Pre-service Perceptions | |
| Pre-Service Teachers in Urban Settings: Composing Connections | |
| Preparing Teachers to Facilitate Songwriting | |
| Strategic Administrative Practices for Including Composition in Music Education | |
| "All In" for Composition Education: Opportunities and Challenges for Pre-Service Music Teacher Curricula | |
| Creating School-University Partnerships to Enhance Composition Teaching and Learning | |
| Advancing Composition in Music Education Through Strategic Professional Development | |
| Moving Forward | |
| Enacting the Vision: Creating and Sustaining Meaningful Composition | |
| Author bios | |
| Index | |
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Michele Kaschub is Professor of Music and Coordinator of Music Teacher Education and Graduate Studies at the University of Southern Maine. Janice Smith is Associate Professor of Music Education and Coordinator of Undergraduate Music Education at Queens College, City University of New York. Together they are the authors of Minds on Music: Composition for Creative and Critical Thinking (2009).
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