Shifting school schedules, small class sizes, and unpredictable instrumentation resulting from the global pandemic necessitated a creative approach to teaching ensemble music classes this year. In response to that challenge, I constructed a curriculum for developing independent musicianship through chamber music. Part independence,…

Professional discussion of curricular change and innovation is essential for maintaining and increasing the positive effects that music education can have on schoolchildren. Much recent discourse about curricular change has focused on critiques of the traditional large-ensemble model of music education, technological innovation applied to teaching…

Observes that women's contributions to instrumental music frequently have been overlooked. Explains that, although women have written and performed music for string instruments for centuries, much of their work has been lost. Discusses some of the leading women composers. Suggests means of integrating women's works into the curriculum. Offers a…

Discusses the lack of attention paid to women composers in music education and the need to correct the situation. Suggests an integrative approach to teaching elementary school students about women composers. Offers sample teaching strategies and other learning activities and sources for teaching students that women, too, can be composers. (SG)

The band director can use many teaching procedures to incorporate content into rehearsals. The characteristics, values, and limitations of six are discussed here. (Author/RK)

Describes a music program in which every child was given an opportunity to achieve a basic performing skill on an instrument of some kind. (GB)

Author examined ways of including music in adult education programs. He referred to working with adult beginners as a "new frontier" for the profession. (Editor/RK)

Addresses the training necessary for students who will be teaching music performance in high schools. Discusses the challenges presented by increasing cultural diversity in the classroom and its influence on what music will be taught. Suggests that the expanded curriculum necessarily will be the responsibility of the performance teachers. (DK)

This report on the Contemporary Music Project focuses on the principles of comprehensive musicianship. (Author)

The author outlines music education and instruction in the Soviet Union. He points out the accent on group rather than individual performance. (RK)