Engaging Musical Practices A Sourcebook for Instrumental Music [Paperback]

Engaging Musical Practices ought to be a part of every music educator's library of resources. . . .[T]he book proves to be a good source for stimulating self-reflection about increasing the academic rigor, setting up a successful program, making adjustments to current curricular focuses, offering new teaching strategies and offering thoughtful pedagogical issues to spark conversations with colleagues.Engaging Musical Practices: A Sourcebook for Instrumental Music makes for valuable supplementary reading for any college Instrumental Music Methods course and is likewise beneficial material for the veteran teacher.... [The book] provides the instrumental teacher with an arsenal of high-quality materials to sharpen his or her tools for teaching. Many journals and scholarly books are mentioned, as are first-rate music education publishers, such as GIA Music and Meredith Music Publications. Ideas and foundations presented throughout the sourcebook will help teachers to design a national curriculum dedicated to Creating, Performing, and Responding.A superb collection of some the finest minds in music education covering the wide array of instrumental ensemble instruction. In each chapter authors explore topics in depth, offer ideas and proven methods and techniques for implementation, incorporating and unpacking the new National Core Arts Music Standards for ensembles. A must have for every instrumental ensemble teachers library and students in music education degree programs. In fact, this collection is so significant and comprehensive that I suggest all ensemble teachers read it!What a tremendous resource for music teachers. With contributions by teachers writing within their own personal expertise in a broad range of subjects, this is a book that the novice or experienced teacher could benefit from and may be used as a resource many times over!Engaging Musical Practices: A Sourcebook for Instrumental Music is a comprehensive resource that combines philosophical, theoretl)