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MasterClass in Music Education
Bloomsbury Publishing 2013; US$ 34.99MasterClass in Music Education provides vivid, topical, reflective and above all real accounts from existing teachers researching in the field, together with theoretical insights and a guided view of the relevant existing literature. Students embarking upon research will gain a many-faceted understanding of the possibilities for using action... more...
Practicing Perfection
Taylor and Francis 2002; US$ 44.95The memory feats of famous musicians seem almost superhuman. Can such extraordinary accomplishments be explained by the same principles that account for more ordinary, everyday memory abilities? To find out, a concert pianist videotaped her practice as she learned a new piece for performance, the third movement, Presto, of the Italian Concerto by J.S.... more...
Etudes for Piano Teachers
Oxford University Press 1995; US$ 29.99Just as musical etudes focus on the development of skills and address the technical problems encountered in keyboard literature, the "etudes" in Stewart Gordon's new book also focus on ideas which prepare piano teachers for meeting the problems encountered in piano performing and teaching. This major new collection on the piano teacher's art opens... more...
How Popular Musicians Learn
Ashgate Publishing Ltd 2007; US$ 29.95Popular musicians acquire some or all of their skills and knowledge informally, outside school or university, and with little help from trained instrumental teachers. How do they go about this process? Despite the fact that popular music has recently entered formal music education, we have as yet a limited understanding of the learning practices adopted... more...
Music Education in Your Hands
Taylor and Francis 2010; US$ 47.95Music Education in Your Hands is a textbook for the introductory course in Music Education. Written for future classroom music teachers, the book provides an overview of the music education system , illuminating the many topics that music educators need to know, including technology, teaching methods, curricular evolution, legislation, and a range... more...
Alternative Approaches in Music Education
R&L Education 2010; US$ 38.99This book provides personalized case studies of music programs that are engaging in alternative approaches. The diversity of these real-world case studies will inspire questioning and curiosity, stimulate lively discussion and innovation, and provide much food for thought. more...
Music Education in England, 19502010
Ashgate Publishing Ltd 2011; US$ 99.95John Finney examines the child-centred progressive tradition to create a fresh way of evaluating ideas and practices that have evolved since 1950, that have shaped the lives of music teachers and their pupils, and that have now become disfigured, residual more...
Technology and the Gendering of Music Education
Ashgate Publishing Ltd 2011; US$ 99.95The use of computers and associated compositional software in music education is frequently decontextualized from cultural and social relationships, thereby ignoring the fact that new technologies are used and developed within existing social spaces that are always already delineated along gender lines. Armstrong suggests these gender-technology relations... more...
Songwriting Without Boundaries
F+W Media 2011; US$ 17.99Infuse your lyrics with sensory detail! Writing great song lyrics requires practice and discipline. Songwriting Without Boundaries will help you commit to routine practice through fun writing exercises. This unique collection of more than150 sense-bound prompts helps you develop the skills you need to: tap into your senses and inject your writing... more...
The Development of Music Education in Romania Since 1989
The Edwin Mellen Press 2010; US$ 159.95This book documents the impact of democratization, globalization and European integration on the Romanian music education system since the Revolution in 1989. Particular emphasis is placed on government deregulation of public music education. more...









