Education, Music, and the Lives of Undergraduates

Roger Mantie is Programme Director of Music and Culture and Associate Professor at University of Toronto Scarborough, Canada, and the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto, Canada. He is co-editor of the Oxford Handbook of Technology and Music Education (2017) and co-editor of the Oxford Handbook of Music Making and Leisure (2016).Brent C. Talbot is Professor and Head of the Department of Music at the University of Illinois at Chicago, USA. He researchers power, discourse, and issues of justice and equity in varied settings for music learning around the globe. He is editor of Marginalized Voices in Music Education (2018) and author of Gending Rare: Children’s Songs and Games from Bali (2017).

The thought-provoking stories and careful analysis by Mantie and Talbot will undoubtedly be of interest to vocal music educators, current or previous members of a cappella groups, or those interested in popular music pedagogies while also resonating with music educators unfamiliar with the collegiate a cappella tradition. K–12 music educators, researchers, and teacher educators who are curious about how students make sense of the ensemble experience, both within and outside of the rehearsals, will also be drawn to this book.

• Preface1. Staying Musically Active: “I just can’t ever imagine my life without music”2. The Locus of Enjoyment: “I like to be good, but not at the expense of happiness”3. Gender and Sexuality in Collegiate A Cappella: “A cappella goggles” 4. Sustaining Inequality through Singing: “Your girlfriend will love us” 5. The Workings of Capital: “If you are a legit institution, you probably have a cappella” 6. Agency and Amateurism: “I feel like there’s a stigma against anything recreational in music”7. Future Orientations: “I’m done with extreme music making”8. Beyond Graduation: “My mom looked at me and said, ‘You need to sing!’”ReferencesIndex