The Musical Experience Rethinking Music Teaching and Learning [Paperback]

The Musical Experienceproposes a new concept - musical experience - as the most effective framework for navigating the shifting terrain of educational policy as it is applied to music education. The editors and contributors define musical experience as being characterized by the depth of affective and emotional responses that music generates. The chapters map out the primary forms of musical engagement - performing, listening, improvising, and composing - as activities which play a key role in classroom teaching. They also address the cultural scope of musical experience, which calls for the consideration of time, place, beliefs, and values to be placed upon musical activities.The Musical Experiencediscusses how music teachers can most effectively rely on means of musical communication to lead students toward the development and refinement of musical skills, understandings, and expression in educational settings. This book serves to expand upon the dimensions of musical experience and provides, from the forefront of the field, an integrated yet panoramic view of the educational processes involved in music teaching and learning.

Chapter 1: New Thinking for the Study of Music Teaching and Learning
Janet R. Barrett and Peter R. Webster

Section 1: Philosophy
Chapter 2: Philosophical Musings: Reflections and Directions
Betty Anne Younker
Chapter 3: Escaping vs. Confronting Reality: Politics and Music Education in the Age of Entertainment
Paul Woodford

Section 2: Listening
Chapter 4: Music Listening Vistas, Visions, and Vim
Jody Kerchner
Chapter 5: Life Music as a Beginning Point: Connecting with the Intuitive Listener
Rob Dunn
Chapter 6: Music Listening Spaces
Carlos Xavier Rodriguez

Section 3: Cultural Dimensions of Music Teaching and Learning
Chapter 7: Finding Middle Ground: Music Education in Urban Settings
Catherine Larsen
Chapter 8: Framing Approaches to Multicultural Music Educlƒ*