General Music: Dimensions of Practice - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0197509029 ISBN 13: 9780197509029

Publisher: OUP USA, 2022

Synopsis

General Music: Dimensions of Practice is a practical guide for music teachers and teaching artists.

About this title

About the Author

Carlos R. Abril is Professor of Music and Associate Dean at the University of Miami Frost School of Music, where he teaches courses in equity, access, and diversity in music education, philosophy of music education, and general music methods. His body of research seeks to document visible and invisible barriers to the study of music in schools, as well as to illuminate ways to make the study of music more relevant and accessible. Abril's work is published in numerous research and professional journals, as well as in books. He co-edited the books Teaching General Music: Approaches, Issues, and Viewpoints and Musical Experiences in Our Lives: Lessons We Learn and Meanings We Make and has published music and instructional materials for World Music Press and McGraw-Hill's Spotlight on Music. Abril is the chair of the Society for Research in Music Education and has served on the Research Panel for the National Endowment for the Arts. He was recently honored with the Phillip Frost Award for

Excellence in Teaching and Scholarship.

Brent M. Gault is Professor of Music Education and Interim Chair of the Music Education Department at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music. He has taught elementary and early childhood music courses in Texas, Wisconsin, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, and Indiana. He specializes in elementary general music education, early childhood music education, and Kodály-inspired methodology. He also has training in both the Orff and Dalcroze approaches to music education. Gault has presented sessions and research at conferences of the American Orff-Schulwerk Association, Dalcroze Society of America, International Kodály Society, International Society for Music Education, Organization of American Kodály Educators, and National Association for Music Education. In addition, he has served as a presenter and guest lecturer for colleges and music education organizations in the United States, Canada, China, Ireland, and Singapore. He is the co-editor of Teaching

General Music: Approaches, Issues, and Viewpoints and author of Listen Up! Fostering Musicianship Through Active Listening.

Edition details

• Publisher: OUP USA
• Publication date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0197509029
• ISBN 13: 9780197509029
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 384
• Editor: Abril Carlos R., Gault Brent M.