Presents over 30 activities designed to introduce elementary school children to opera. Also provides a synopsis of and student activities for three specific operas ("Hansel and Gretel,""The Mikado,""Aida") and a short article about opera star Luciano Pavarotti. (SJL)

Article described how a piece of appropriate music can change a group's mood thereby creating a better environment for learning. (Author/RK)

Asserting that children are particularly open to novelty in music, the author analyzes four examples of twentieth-century avante-garde music and suggests how they can be presented in a children's music class. (SJL)

The author explains to the classroom teacher how to make music listening a daily part of early childhood education. She suggests a number of specific musical works--from the classics through rock music-- that young children will enjoy. (SJL)

Discusses some of the factors such as cultural attitudes, student expectations, and teaching methods that affect and impede the teaching of college-level courses in music appreciation. An alternative teaching approach, which presents ways composers have portrayed events in the human life cycle, is described. (AM)

A model of music preference theory suggests ways that teachers can broaden their students' musical preferences. Teachers can change preferences by changing something in the listener, the social environment, the music, or the ways that the listener processes information. (AM)

A semester-long study of Mozart helped eighth-graders understand the composer's personality and appreciate his music. Students read a biography of his life, studied the forms of his music, danced the minuet, and performed one of his operas in a schoolwide Mozart Day celebration. (AM)

Music listening experiences have a role in the general music program. "Scanning" is Harry S. Broudy's approach to developing responsiveness to music's expressive qualities through music listening. (AM)

Describes ways teachers can exploit student knowledge and interest in pop music by drawing examples from it to illustrate music theory and appreciation concepts. The author contends that, when students receive a broad exposure to all kinds of musical types, they develop their own valid standards for good music. (AM)

Described is a puppetry project which incorporates learning music selection, introducing music in writing activities, learning how music tells a story, learning about sound effects and theme music, and music appreciation. Some musical resources are included. (KC)

Elementary teachers can use music as the springboard for across-the-curriculum activities. The article presents strategies for introducing elementary students to music and integrating the arts into other subjects. It also explains how to select the right pieces and suggests various helpful products for integrating music into the curriculum. (SM)

Presents study results on effects of historical and analytical information on subjects' responses to music listening experiences. Attempts to learn how best to increase the overall value placed on music by people without musical training. Compares groups with (1) no background information; (2) historical information; and (3) analytical…

Presents a variety of approaches to help students develop understanding and positive attitudes toward the complexities of electronic sounds. (Part of a theme issue on aspects of contemporary music.) (Author/SJL)

Discusses the use of imagination as a tool to improve students' musicianship. Suggests that imagery can be used to teach intonation, tone color, sight-reading, and expression. Describes active listening in which the students must use musical memory and participate in musical expression to produce a certain sound that may be difficult to describe.…

Presents study results of the effects of different teaching methods on the ability of nonmusician, college students to distinguish meter. Explains that one group heard meter defined with examples, another emphasized meter with large muscle movements, and a third heard examples with reinforcing clicks. Reports that all groups differed from the…