MENC - The National Association for Music Education – förlag

The definitive guide for starting and managing a local music booster organization. Includes chapters on organizing, budgeting, fundraising, publicity, travel, and achieving school and community support.

Presents ideas about the most effective, developmentally appropriate, and enjoyable ways to introduce young children to music. Includes ideas for developing different musical concepts, managing groups of children, and developing community interest in early childhood music programs.

Teaching Choral Music provides teachers with assistance in developing a course of study. This book, which discusses appropriate skills and concepts in sequential order, was designed for use with The School Music Program: Description and Standards to improve the quality of music instruction at all levels.

An overview of a comprehensive band program with a detailed listing of the specific concepts and skills and the performance level at which each is normally introduced and reinforced.

This easy-to-use handbook provides music education professionals with 'best practices' for tasks such as articulating the need for music education; developing a positive leadership style; designing curriculum and assessment; managing people, paper, and time; communicating with a wide variety of constituents; overseeing resources and budgets; scheduling; overseeing student travel to music festivals and events; dealing with legal issues; and problem solving!

A valuable new resource on the trends and issues related to the use of popular music in the classroom, this collection of essays by well-known scholars and educators addresses many important topics. Includes a discussion of the many possible definitions of popular music, information on how popular musicians learn, and specific examples of educational programs that incorporate popular music with suggestions on how to choose high quality repertoire. Fourth in the Northwestern University Music Education Leadership series.