| Description |
1 online resource (411 pages) |
| Contents |
Note continued: Procedures -- Moving Beyond the Right and Wrong of Rules -- Designing Classroom Procedures -- Maintaining and Enforcing Procedures -- Addressing Students about Discipline Issues -- Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is -- Other Factors that Affect Classroom Management -- Involving Parents in Classroom Management -- Further Reading -- ch. 8 Curriculum, Assessment, and Grading -- Issues Concerning the Curriculum -- National and State Standards -- Further Reading on the National Standards -- Critics of National Standards -- What to Teach -- Curriculum Guides, Component Skills, Observable Behaviors -- Assessment -- Compressing the Assessment Cycle -- Formative Assessment: Regular and Individual -- Summative Assessment: Detailed and Systematic -- Using Rubrics for Assessment -- Evaluations of Conceptual Understanding -- Writing Assignments -- Tests of Declarative and Procedural Knowledge -- Value of Student Self-Assessment -- Grading Systems -- On Assessing Behavior, Participation, and Attendance -- Merit and Demerit Grading Systems -- Further Reading -- ch. 9 Repertoire -- On Musical Quality -- Debate about "Educational Music" -- Using Categories and Dispositions: Programming with Balance and Variety -- Teaching the Curriculum through Repertoire -- Comprehensive Musicianship through Performance -- Form, Structure, and Theory -- Study Sheets: Holding Students Accountable for What We Teach through the Repertoire -- Resources for Finding Quality Literature -- Repertoire Logs -- Evaluating the Difficulty of a Work -- Adjusting Scores to Fit the Characteristics of Your Ensemble -- On the Use of Transcriptions and Arrangements -- On Programming Pop Music -- Teaching Music through Pop Selections -- Listening to Students and Giving Them Input -- Recommended Resources -- ch. 10 Score Study -- Phase 1 Macro -- Phase 2 Micro |
|
Note continued: Phase 3 Macro-Redux -- Interpretive Dance -- Warning: You Must Give Yourself Permission to Look Foolish! -- On Using Recordings -- Marking the Score for Conducting -- Further Reading -- ch. 11 Large Ensemble Set-Up -- Measuring the Physical Space -- Evaluating the Ensemble -- Ten Basic Principles of Set-Up -- Considering the Placement of Specific Instruments -- Examining Sample Seating charts for Band and Orchestra -- ch. 12 Rehearsals -- pt. I Basic Rehearsal Technique -- Basic Rehearsal Technique -- Macro-Micro-Macro -- Communicating with the Ensemble -- Engaging the Entire Ensemble During the Rehearsal -- Lesson Planning -- Structuring the Rehearsal -- Rehearsing the Music -- pt. II Components of an Effective Rehearsal -- Types of Rehearsals -- Balancing Pace, Intensity, and Detail -- pt. III Diagnosis and Prescription of Common Problems -- Correcting Basic Rhythm and Notes Issues in the Rehearsal -- Developing Your "Conductor Ear" (Score Study, Audiate, and Make Interpretative Decisions) -- Listening for Common Problems -- Differentiated Instruction -- Developing Your Rehearsal Thesaurus -- Additional Ways to Enrich the Rehearsal Experience -- Teaching Students Good Practice Habits -- Further Reading -- ch. 13 Intonation -- Developing an Awareness of Pitch Discrepancies -- Defining the "Sound" of Sharp and Flat -- Teaching Students About Acoustics -- Implications for Performance -- Context and Pitch Center -- The Unintentional Curse of Equal Temperament Tuners -- Using Drones and Long Tones to Develop Good Tone and Pitch -- Other Factors that Affect Intonation -- Tuning the Ensemble -- Further Reading -- ch. 14 Directing Other Ensembles -- Marching Bands/Pep Bands/Parade Bands -- On Competition and the Non-Musical Benefits of Group Music-Making -- Musical Pit Orchestra -- Conducting the Pit Orchestra -- Tips and Strategies |
|
Note continued: Jazz Ensemble -- Chamber Music -- Further Reading -- ch. 15 Special Topics: Motivation -- Rewards -- Intrinsic and Extrinsic Motivation -- Belief: Success Breeds Success -- Further Reading -- UNIT 3 ADMINISTRATIVE ISSUES -- ch. 16 Recruiting, Organizing, and Starting the Band and Orchestra -- Building Programs from the Bottom Up -- When Should the Study of Band and Orchestra Instruments Begin? -- Building a Balanced Instrumentation -- Process of Recruiting -- Eight Steps of the Recruiting Process -- Organizing Beginning Instruction -- After the First Year: Switching Students to New Instruments -- Retention -- Further Reading -- ch. 17 Planning and Managing the Concert -- Concert Preparation Schedule -- Managing the Concert -- Aural Program Notes -- Teaching Audiences What We Teach Our Students -- Further Reading -- ch. 18 Promotion and Advocacy -- Fundraising -- Parent Organizations -- Promoting Events with Writing -- Advocacy -- A Brief Introduction -- Further Reading -- ch. 19 Communication -- Reasons to Contact Parents -- Meeting with Parents in Person -- Email Etiquette -- Keeping a Log -- Communicating with Parents En Masse -- Student Handbooks -- Further Reading -- ch. 20 Music Budget -- Budget Lines and Codes -- Purchase Orders -- Income and Expenses -- Writing Budget Requests -- Researching Needs for Equipment, Supplies -- Putting Items Out for Bid -- Further Reading -- ch. 21 Copyrights -- Understanding Copyright Law -- Copying Music -- Performing, Recording, and Arranging Copyrighted Works -- Further Reading -- ch. 22 Managing Sound Levels: Protecting Your Ears and Those of Your Students -- Further Reading -- ch. 23 Special Topics: Leadership, Mentors, and Professional Development -- On Leadership -- "The Servant as Leader" -- Taking Over Smoothly from Your Predecessor |
|
Note continued: On the Challenges of Being a New Music Teacher -- Mentoring Programs -- Other New Teaching Induction Strategies -- Further Reading |
| Summary |
Instrumental Music Education: Teaching with the Musical and Practical in Harmony is intended for college instrumental music education majors studying to be band and orchestra directors at the elementary, middle school, or high school level. This textbook presents an extensive look at the topics most vital to running a successful instrumental music program, balancing musical, theoretical, and practical approaches. A central theme is the compelling parallel between language and music, including "sound-to-symbol" pedagogies. Understanding this connection improves the teaching of melody, rhythm, c |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Form |
Electronic book
|
| Author |
Contzius, Ari
|
| ISBN |
9780203848920 |
|
0203848926 |
|
