Suzanne L. Burton is Associate Dean for the Arts and Professor of Music Education at the University of Delaware. Her scholarly interests include music teacher preparation and professional learning, music acquisition, music literacy, and technology in early childhood music.

Suzanne Burton has assembled a collection of innovative experts who provide classroom-tested strategies that are responsive to and that affirm middle school students’ musical identities, abilities, and interests. If you are looking for a resource for creating inclusive classroom environments to meet the needs of all students, this is it! You’ll find research-based pedagogy to help you maximize each student’s individual potential and to support them as they continue their journey for personally meaningful music making in a variety of contexts and across the lifespan.

• PrefaceSuzanne L. BurtonAcknowledgementsChapter 1: Celebrating Early AdolescenceKrystal Rickard McCoyChapter 2: Exceptionalities in AdolescenceKimberly A. McCordChapter 3: Adolescents and SingingJoshua PalkkiChapter 4: Guitar for the Middle School ClassroomScott Burstein and Martina VasilChapter 5: Early Keyboard Experiences to Inspire MusicianshipSuzanne L. BurtonChapter 6: Drumming and Percussion Gareth Dylan Smith and Brian BershChapter 7: Toca el ukulele: Songs in Spanish and the UkuleleRobin GiebelhausenChapter 8. Ideas for Instrumental Music MakingPatricia Shehan Campbell and Lee HigginsChapter 9: Music Technology in the Middle School General Music Classroom James FrankelChapter 10: Informal, Intuitive, Interdisciplinary, & Interactive: Middle School General Music with a TwistGena R. GreherChapter 11: Songwriting and the Importance of Classroom CommunityMark C. AdamsChapter 12: Co-Creating Musicals with Middle School Students Heather WadlerChapter 13: Bridging Practices: Infusing General Music into the Choral ClassroomAimee PearsallChapter 14: Did Students Learn What I Think I Taught Them? Assessment of Musical, Standards-based Learning in Middle School General MusicAlden H. Snell IIAbout the EditorAbout the Authors

Suzanne L. Burton is Associate Dean for the Arts and Professor of Music Education at the University of Delaware. Her scholarly interests include music teacher preparation and professional learning, music acquisition, music literacy, and technology in early childhood music.

Suzanne Burton has assembled a collection of innovative experts who provide classroom-tested strategies that are responsive to and that affirm middle school students’ musical identities, abilities, and interests. If you are looking for a resource for creating inclusive classroom environments to meet the needs of all students, this is it! You’ll find research-based pedagogy to help you maximize each student’s individual potential and to support them as they continue their journey for personally meaningful music making in a variety of contexts and across the lifespan.

• PrefaceSuzanne L. BurtonAcknowledgementsChapter 1: Celebrating Early AdolescenceKrystal Rickard McCoyChapter 2: Exceptionalities in AdolescenceKimberly A. McCordChapter 3: Adolescents and SingingJoshua PalkkiChapter 4: Guitar for the Middle School ClassroomScott Burstein and Martina VasilChapter 5: Early Keyboard Experiences to Inspire MusicianshipSuzanne L. BurtonChapter 6: Drumming and Percussion Gareth Dylan Smith and Brian BershChapter 7: Toca el ukulele: Songs in Spanish and the UkuleleRobin GiebelhausenChapter 8. Ideas for Instrumental Music MakingPatricia Shehan Campbell and Lee HigginsChapter 9: Music Technology in the Middle School General Music Classroom James FrankelChapter 10: Informal, Intuitive, Interdisciplinary, & Interactive: Middle School General Music with a TwistGena R. GreherChapter 11: Songwriting and the Importance of Classroom CommunityMark C. AdamsChapter 12: Co-Creating Musicals with Middle School Students Heather WadlerChapter 13: Bridging Practices: Infusing General Music into the Choral ClassroomAimee PearsallChapter 14: Did Students Learn What I Think I Taught Them? Assessment of Musical, Standards-based Learning in Middle School General MusicAlden H. Snell IIAbout the EditorAbout the Authors