If you are interested in performance, music therapy, music production, arts administration, instrument making, music teaching or research, and whatever music tradition you come from, this book will prepare you for success. It tells you about today's music business and gives expert advice that will help you get to where you want to be. It shows you…

In this study, the author collected narratives from her students in a music teacher education programme. Using narrative analysis, students' assumptions and thoughts about music teaching, music learning and music making were uncovered. Through the presentation of a case study of one student, the author demonstrates some of the ways that the…

Explains some legitimate costs and expenses which music teachers may be able to deduct on their 1980 income tax returns. (SJL)

"College Music Symposium" is published annually in one volume. This issue is devoted to four areas of music. "Musicology" contains five articles: "Communicating Musicology: A Personal View" (L. Lockwood); "'Music History' as a Set of Problems: 'Musicology' for Undergraduate Music Majors" (J. Hepokoski);…

Six components of a successful high school band program include an awareness of the individual performer's uniqueness, flexible performance styles, balanced performance schedules, coordination with the school's total academic offerings, knowledge of community desires, and development of individual musical talent. (RW)

On October 19, 1976, President Ford signed the nation's first comprehensive revision of our copyright law since 1909. It became fully effective on January 1, 1978 and it is a law that will need to be understood by music educators both to improve their teaching and to protect themselves and their schools from incurring liability or being sued. This…

Making certain that permission is obtained for the use of copyrighted material is probably one of a teacher's most uncreative and unenjoyable tasks. In a follow-up to an article by Charles Gary in the April 1977 MEJ (EJ 165 273), this article presents practical applications of what the new copyright law means to music educators. (Editor/RK)

Tips to help new music teachers are presented. They include: learn the lay of the land; establish good relations with your superiors; use teaching methods with which you are familiar; get acquainted with the community; and beware of local politics. (RM)

Survival tips and resources to make the first year teaching experience a better and more memorable one for music teachers are provided. (RM)

The Music Industry Council serves as a liaison between the music educators of the United States and the manufacturing and publishing firms that supply the materials and equipment used in music education. Here are specific suggestions for the guidance of music educators in the business contacts essential to their teaching programs. (Editor/RK)

These activities, all centering on the child's name, may help the elementary music teacher learn children's names as they participate in educational music activities. Each can be incorporated into the regular music curriculum and can be used for a short time at the beginning or end of the music class period. (Author/SJL)

Offers advice to school music directors for improving their conducting techniques. Suggests a number of aural, gestural, and technical preparation methods that educators can use in preparing for conducting. Describes application of the principles. Provides a list of suggested readings. (SG)

This review of the role of music in public education in the United States begins with an account of the early developments of music education, and traces this role and its transformation throughout U.S. history. At first none of the arts constituted a substantial part of the materials of public pupil education. Music did not become part of the…

Presents step-by-step guidelines to the administrator for hiring a college music teacher, from the determination of a vacancy, through advertising and screening, to the employment interview and salary negotiation. (SJL)

Defines philosophy of music education, its importance, and how to develop a personal philosophy of music education. Emphasizes that music philosophy undergirds the music curriculum. States that the nature of music philosophy is ecletic, and emerges by addressing the challenges of the discipline. (GG)