Leadership of Pedagogy and Curriculum in Higher Music Education

Leadership of Pedagogy and Curriculum in Higher Music Education
Author: Jennifer Rowley
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 202
Release: 2019-01-10
Genre: Music
ISBN: 0429663676

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Leadership of Pedagogy and Curriculum in Higher Music Education is the second of a two-volume anthology dedicated to leadership and leadership development in higher music education. Fifteen authors write from multiple countries and contexts, exploring pedagogical and curricular leadership challenges and successes from around the globe. They draw attention to the dynamics of pedagogical approaches which encourage learners’ deep and agentic engagement, considering the sustainability and scope of such interventions while highlighting positive frameworks and approaches. As with its companion volume, Leadership of Pedagogy and Curriculum in Higher Music Education includes student commentary in which student contributors give concrete ideas and recommendations for facilitating and strengthening leadership development through practical and equitable strategies with students, communities and colleagues. The outcome is a collection of essays designed to offer student musicians, higher education teachers and institutional leaders theoretically informed and practical insights into the development and practice of leadership.

Handbook of Research on Music Teaching and Learning

Handbook of Research on Music Teaching and Learning
Author: Richard Colwell
Publisher: New York : Schirmer Books ; Toronto : Maxwell Macmillan Canada ; New York : Maxwell Macmillan International
Total Pages: 856
Release: 1992
Genre: Education
ISBN:

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The Pianist's Reference Guide

The Pianist's Reference Guide
Author: Maurice Hinson
Publisher:
Total Pages: 368
Release: 1987
Genre: Music
ISBN:

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Functional Piano Skills

Functional Piano Skills
Author: Carleen Ann Graff
Publisher:
Total Pages: 804
Release: 1984
Genre: Music teachers
ISBN:

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The Use of Functional Piano Skills by Selected Professional Musicians and Their Implications for Group Piano Curricula

The Use of Functional Piano Skills by Selected Professional Musicians and Their Implications for Group Piano Curricula
Author: Margaret Young
Publisher:
Total Pages: 320
Release: 2010
Genre:
ISBN:

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The purpose of this study was to gather information about professional musicians' development and use of functional piano skills in their careers. An online questionnaire was distributed to (N = 393) faculty members, professional performers, and private music instructors from different regions and institutions. The survey gathered information about their careers, piano training, use of functional piano skills, and proposals for the piano training of undergraduate music majors in their field. In total, 109 musicians completed the study: faculty members (n = 43), performers (n = 38), and teachers (n = 28). The results of this study showed that faculty members, performers and teachers generally performed similar musical activities, had comparable piano training, used similar piano skills, and agreed with each other about their suggestions for undergraduate piano training. There were, however, subtle differences among the three groups in the frequency with which they used functional piano skills. Professional musicians regularly transposed melodies, sight-read accompaniments, and played scales. They never improvised accompaniments, practiced and memorized piano solos, devised modulations, composed, and accompanied groups. In addition to the three skills that all professional musicians used, faculty members also played by ear, played chord progressions, and accompanied soloists regularly, performers regularly transposed accompaniments, harmonized melodies, and accompanied soloists, and teachers read open scores and transposed accompaniments frequently. Generally, professional musicians thought that piano skills were important to their careers, and many would have liked additional training on accompanying. Although most piano skills were learned outside of collegiate piano classes, participants in this study, regardless of the frequency with which they used these skills, thought that music majors should receive piano training on five skills: playing chord progressions, playing scales, sight-reading, harmonizing melodies, and reading open scores. Many participants indicated that practicing and memorizing piano solos were skills that should receive little training in collegiate piano classes. It is suggested that creating a group piano curriculum that effectively develops the functional piano skills valued and used by professional musicians becomes a priority for group piano teachers and researchers working on the preparation of professional musicians.