Musical experience in our lives things we learn and meanings we make /
As we listen and move to music, sing, compose, and play, we engage in musical experiences. These happen in formal learning settings, such as schools and rehearsal halls, but also in informal settings, such as homes and community centers. Musical experiences are fundamentally social and can teach us...
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Lanham : [Reston, VA] :
Rowman & Littlefield Education ; Published in partnership with MENC, the National Association for Music Education,
c2009.
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction / Carlos R. Abril and Jody L. Kerchner
- pt. I. Infancy and early childhood. Songs of belonging : musical interactions in early life / Beatriz Ilari ; From the teacher's view : observations of toddlers' musical development / Wendy H. Valerio ; A community music program for parents and children with and without special needs / Marcia Earl Humpal ; Musical portraits, musical pathways : stories of meaning making in the lives of six families / Lori A. Custodero
- pt. II. Childhood. Pulling the curtain back on performance in the elementary school / Carlos R. Abril ; "El camaleon" : the musical secrets of Mirella Valdez / Chee Hoo Lum and Patricia Shehan Campbell ; Improvisatory musical experiences in the lives of children with severe disabilities / Kimberly A. McCord ; Composing in the classroom : the journey of five children / Betty Anne Younker
- pt. III. Adolescence. Strings attached : the reality show / Margaret H. Berg ; Drawing middle-schoolers' attention to music / Jody L. Kerchner ; At-risk teens : making sense of life through music composition / Maud Hickey ; Boys' voices : inside and outside choral music / Patrick K. Freer ; Music in motion : an overture to the student experience in the high-school marching band / Cecil Adderley ; The violin and the fiddle : narratives of music and musician in a high-school setting / Matthew D. Thibeault
- pt. IV. Adulthood and older adulthood. Creation to performance : the journey of an African American community gospel-jazz ensemble / Marvelene C. Moore ; Both sides of the coin : experienced musicians tell of lives lived and shared / Katherine Strand ; Dancing inside : Dalcroze eurhythmics in a therapeutic setting / R.J. David Frego ; Voices of experience : lessons from older adult amateur musicians / Don D. Coffman.