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Nemetz, Kathleen – Music Educators Journal, 1983
Joel Krosnick, a top performer of avante-garde music, urges students to recreate the fantasy that the composer visualized in creating the music through gestures, expression, and coloration. (AM)
Descriptors: Applied Music, Musical Composition, Musicians, Teaching Methods
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Weerts, Richard – Music Educators Journal, 1976
This article provided some basic suggestions on how to get the most out of rehearsal time. (Editor/RK)
Descriptors: Bands (Music), Educational Objectives, Guidelines, Music Activities
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Farber, Anne – Music Educators Journal, 1991
Offers ideas for teaching musicians to be improvisors. Suggests that structure, organization, and continuity are problems that can be solved by learning to improvise. Recommends exercises in building phrases to help students acquire a sense of the developing whole. Concludes that improvisation can be taught by showing students how to teach…
Descriptors: Creativity, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Improvisation
Gaustad, Susan – Instructor, 1983
A year-long music instruction unit introduces students to information about the lives of nine great composers of the classics and to their works. Each month a different composer is featured. No special training for teachers is necessary. (PP)
Descriptors: Biographies, Classical Music, Elementary Secondary Education, Instructional Materials
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Gleason, Bruce – Music Educators Journal, 1996
Finds a number of Beethoven's military marches in contemporary arrangements. Although greatly revered for his classical music, Beethoven composed a variety of excellent marches. Usually penned for a specific historic occasion, they fit well into interdisciplinary study units and add variety and color to local music programs. (MJP)
Descriptors: Bands (Music), Curriculum Enrichment, Instructional Innovation, Instrumentation and Orchestration
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Reimer, Bennett – Bulletin of the Council for Research in Music Education, 1996
Provides an insightful summation and critique of David Elliott's "Music Matters: A New Philosophy of Music Education." Praises the book for its broad selection of thinkers and diverse array of topics. Claims, however, that the book places undue emphasis on performing and stoops to ridiculing rival theories. (MJP)
Descriptors: Educational Objectives, Educational Philosophy, Educational Theories, Higher Education
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Demorest, Steven M. – Music Educators Journal, 1996
Observes that the form and structuring of musical rehearsals should be determined by the compositional structure of the work. Explores various rehearsal formats for choral fugues, renaissance chansons, and folk songs. Maintains that this approach develops comprehensive musicianship, promotes aesthetic experience, and makes efficient use of…
Descriptors: Choral Music, Classroom Environment, Elementary Secondary Education, Instructional Effectiveness
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McCarthy, Marie – Journal of Research in Music Education, 1995
Profiles music scholar Charles L. Seeger and his contribution to U.S. musical life. Seeger played a significant role in introducing vernacular music to schools, extending the definition of U.S. music in the curriculum, presenting music as a cultural subject, and promoting musical diversity in the classroom. (MJP)
Descriptors: Cultural Background, Curriculum Development, Educational Development, Educational History
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Rainbow, Bernarr – Philosophy of Music Education Review, 1995
Attempts a deeper understanding of, and justification for, music education by concentrating on its application in two historic periods. Contrasts the utilitarian approach of Greek civilization with the religious and liturgical concepts of the Medieval period. Asserts that historical awareness is an integral component of music education. (MJP)
Descriptors: Aesthetic Values, Choral Music, Cultural Background, European History
Nolan, Evonne – Teaching Music, 1995
Profiles Wynton Marsalis and discusses his work with children and music. Describes the motivation behind, and development of, the Public Broadcasting System's four-part special "Marsalis on Music." Marsalis discusses his early exposure to music and the influence of his parents. (MJP)
Descriptors: Applied Music, Bands (Music), Elementary Secondary Education, Instructional Innovation
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Smith, F. Joseph – Philosophy of Music Education Review, 1995
Presents 44 entries from a modern composer and music professors' journal, culled from 1993 to the present. Includes comments and criticisms of composers and musicians, as well as philosophical and practical observations. (MJP)
Descriptors: Aesthetic Values, Auditory Perception, Choral Music, Cognitive Processes