General Music Dimensions of Practice

General Music: Dimensions of Practice is a practical guide for music teachers and teaching artists who strive to teach music holistically. The book begins by framing general music as a holistic music education that is comprehensive, meaningful, and relevant to diverse learners in school and community settings. It is followed by chapters that are organized into one of four dimensions of music practice: performing, connecting, creating, and responding. Chapter authors share creative and innovative teaching ideas, for both elementary and secondary school students, that focus on a wide range of topics, including: songwriting, composing, improvising, singing, moving, playing, listening, analyzing, contextualizing, and connecting. Each chapter provides (a) a rationale for a given area of music study, establishing its importance and relevance; (b) a research or theoretical background, to inform and guide practice; and (c) a pedagogical model or framework illustrated through lesson ideas, curriculum units, or vignettes. The ideas in this book seek to inspire and guide teachers as they build comprehensive music programs that are informed by students and communities.

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.

1. General Music as Holistic Music Education
Carlos R. Abril and Brent M. Gault

Performing

2. Singing in the Elementary General Music Classroom
Sarah J. Bartolome
3. Playing with Orff and Classroom Instruments
Amy Beegle
4. Participatory Music Making with Fretted Instruments
Martina Vasil
5. Pedagogical Approaches in Modern Band
Gareth Dylan Smith and Warren Gramm
6. Teaching and Learning World Music
Karen Howard

Connecting

7. Teaching Music for Human Connections
Carlos R. Abril and Loneka W. Battiste
8. Fostering Historical Empathy through Music, Art, and Poetry
Janet Revell Barrett
9. Connecting with Repertoire: On the Efficacy of Folksong
Jacqueline Kelly-McHale
10. Toward School and Community Musical Engagements
Kari K. Veblen
11. How Do We Connect? Music Education in Online and Hybrid Learning
Nyssa M. Brown

Creating

12. Frames for Improvising
Una MacGlone
13. New Ways to Think about Composing and Producing
Katherine Strand and Michele Kaschub
14. Demystifying Songwriting
Kat Reinhart
15. Digital Media, Digital Technology, and Participatory Culture
Ann C. Clements

Responding

16. Movement: An Integral Component of General Music
Marja-Leena Juntunen
17. Engaging Learners in Active Music Listening
Brent M. Gault
18. Perceiving and Responding through Analysis
Andrew S. Paney and Nathan O. Buonviri

Index