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Music Education Sources


Advocacy

Action Kit for Music Education -- On our shelves at: MT3 .U5 T35 1992
Materials for campaigning to convince school leaders and parents that a balanced, sequential, high-quality school music program is essential for all children.

Teacher's Guide for Advocacy: Using the Action Kit for Music Education to Build Community Support -- On our shelves at: MT3 .U5 T35 1992
"Designed to assist the user in becoming an effective music advocate. Contains the tools needed to bring parents, teachers, administrators, and local officials to a common understanding of music educations essential role, and to encourage them to support a full, balanced, sequential course of music instruction taught by qualified teachers."

Band Music

Band Music Guide : Alphabetical Listing of Titles and Composers of All Band Music 8th ed. -- On our shelves at: Ref ML 128 .B23 B4 1982

Best Music for High School Band : A Selective Repertoire Guide for High School Bands & Wind Ensembles -- On our shelves at: ML132 .B3 D8 1993 (3rd Floor)

The Director's Guide to Contest and Festival Music -- On our shelves at: Ref ML 132 .A2 D57X 1995 (Main Floor)

Guides to Band Masterworks -- On our shelves at: MT 125 .G35X 1992 (3rd Floor)

Guide to Score Study for the Wind Band Conductor -- On our shelves at: MT 85 .B25 1990

History and Literature of the Wind Band and Wind Ensemble -- On our shelves at: ML1300 .W56 1982 (3rd Floor)

Wind Ensemble and its Repertoire: Essays on the Fortieth Anniversary of the Eastman Wind Ensemble -- On our shelves at: ML1300 .W58 1994 (3rd Floor)

Wind Ensemble/Band Repertoire -- On our shelves at: ML128 .B23 W34X 1984 (3rd Floor)

Wind Ensemble Catalog -- On our shelves at: Ref ML128.W5 G52 1998 (Main Floor)

Wind Ensemble in Today's School [videorecording] -- On our shelves at: MT73 .W56X 1980

Bibliographies

A Bibliography of Source Readings in Music Education -- On our shelves at: Ref ML 128 .K64 K36 1997 (Main Floor)
Contains titles of books, journals, and standardized tests in music; reviews of journals; and chapters of edited books.

Choral Music

Avant-garde Choral Music: An Annotated Selected Bibliography -- On our shelves at: ML 128 .V6 M4 1977 (3rd Floor)

Choral Music in Print -- On our shelves at: ML 128 .V7 C56 V. 1 & 2 and Suppl. (3rd Floor)

Choral Singer's Companion -- On our shelves at: MT875 .C68 1987 (3rd Floor)

Handbook of Choral Music Selection, Score Preparation and Writing -- On our shelves at: ML 1500 .M6 1979 (3rd Floor)

Original Music for Men's Voices: A Selected Bibliography 2nd ed. -- On our shelves at: Ref ML 128 .V7 T66 1981 (Main Floor)

Sacred Choral Music in Print -- On our shelves at: Ref ML 128 .V7 N32 1981 (Main Floor)

Twentieth-Century Choral Music: An Annotated Bibliography of Music Suitable for Use by High School Choirs On our shelves at: Ref ML 128 .C48 W53 1982 (Main Floor)

Guides & Handbooks

Guide to Research in Music Education -- On our shelves at: MT1 .P5 1993 (3rd Floor Stacks)
A guide for the writer of research in music education, including how to develop a topic; how to conduct research; techniques associated with the various research methodologies. Aimed at the graduate student in music education.

High School Music Teacher's Handbook: A Complete Guide to Managing and Teaching the Total Music Program -- On our shelves at: MT10 .K48 1987 (3rd Floor Stacks)
A guide to implementing and administering all aspects of the high school music program.

Music Teacher's Survival Guide -- On our shelves at: MT 1 .H22 1994 (3rd Floor Stacks)
Provides tested timesavers & problem-solvers to help K-8 music teachers in every aspect of their job -- from instrumental, choral, & general music instruction to classroom organization, management, & discipline.

Research in Music Education: An Introduction to Systematic Inquiry -- On our shelves at: MT1 .R26 1987 (3rd Floor Stacks)
Covers all aspects of research and the research process, including the role of research in music education, finding a research topic, modes of inquiry, approaches to empirical iquiry, measurement tools and the writing task in research.

Indexes & Databases

Please visit the Music Indexes and Databases page for indexes related to music and music education.

Journals

Please visit the General Music Sources page for journals related to music and music education.

Standards

Dance, Music, Theatre, Visual Arts: What Every Young American Should Know and Be Able to Do in the Arts -- On our shelves at: NX280 .N37X 1994 (3rd Floor Stacks)
"Contains content and achievement standards for music, dance, theatre, and visual arts for grades K-12. Developed by the Consortium of National Arts Education Associations (American Alliance for Theatre & Education, MENC, National Art Education Association, and National Dance Association) under the guidance of the National Committee for Standards in the Arts. Recommended for text adoption."

Opportunity-To-Learn Standards for Music Instruction -- On our shelves at: MT1 .M985 1994 (3rd Floor Stacks)
"A guide to what schools should provide to help students achieve both the National Standards for Music Education in grades K-12 and the Music Educators National Conference music education standards. MENC recommends that states either adopt these opportunity-to-learn standards or use them as a basis for develop ing their own.

Performance Standards for Music (MENC) -- On our shelves at: MT1 .M44 1996 (3rd Floor Stacks)
"Designed to assist individuals and organizations in assessing student learning. The performance standards comprise model assessment strategies and descriptions of student responses. One sample assessment strategy is provided for each achievement standard appearing under the nine voluntary national content standards for music for grades Pre-K-12 as well as under the four content standards for prekindergarten instruction. For each sample assessment strategy, a description of student response is provided at three levels: basic, proficient, and advanced. These standards offer a means for determining when the vision for a new curriculum in music, as set forth in the National Standards, has been realized. Developed by the MENC Committee on Performance Standards, chaired by Paul R. Lehman, with contributions from practicing teachers who have developed valid, reliable, and effective systems for assessing music learning."

The School Music Program: A New Vision -- On our shelves at: MT2 .M43 1994 (3rd Floor Stacks)
"Contains the K-12 national standards and MENC prekindergarten standards; provides a blueprint for a music curriculum based on the best practices of the past but modified to meet the needs of the future. Includes details about what the standards mean to music educators and ways that standards-driven curricula will better serve American students. "

Teaching Examples: Ideas for Music Educators -- On our shelves at: MB MT3 .U5 M935 1994 (3rd Floor Stacks)
"Based on the National Standards for Music Education, this collection of instructional strategies will help teachers design and implement a curriculum leading to achievement of the standards. Specific enough to be helpful...but not so specific as to limit your imagination! Designed for children from prekindergarten to grade 12."

Music Education Related Web Sites

American School Band Directors Association - ASBDA
"The intent of [the ASBDA] to draw together some of the finest minds and best teachers nationally for the purpose of helping influence the direction and furthering the cause of good music in the nation's public schools."

Indiana University's Guide to Worldwide Internet Music Resources
Gateway to Web sites pertaining to all music genres and traditions.

K-12 Resources for Music Education.
"Valuable resources for music educators and students of all areas and educational levels."

Music Education Online
"This page is designed to aid music educators, students and parents in connecting with a variety of music education resources located on the Internet as well as providing an interactive bulletin board for posting questions and comments on music."

Music Educators National Conference (MENC)
Advances music education by encouraging the study and making of music by all.

School, Band, and Orchestra
School Band and Orchestra magazine is published monthly by Larkin Publications and has a national circulation of 20,000 band and orchestra directors from elementary through high school. SBO focuses on the management aspects of running a successful music program.

What to Expect Your First Year of Teaching
A collection of documents about teaching including tips from award-winning veteran teachers


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