World Music Pedagogy, Volume V: Choral Music Education

World Music Pedagogy, Volume V: Choral Music Education provides information and activities to help choral music educators select, rehearse, and perform a diverse global repertoire, while also creating a rich cultural context for learners.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 220 pages
Publication date: 12 March 2019
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

World Music Pedagogy, Volume V: Choral Music Education delves into the intricate realm of choral music education, encompassing elementary, middle, and high school settings, as well as community contexts. This comprehensive text offers a wealth of information and guidance to choral music educators, empowering them to select, rehearse, and perform a diverse global repertoire. It also serves as a valuable resource for directors, equipping them with the skills to create a rich cultural context for learners, emphasizing listening, moving, and playing activities as meaningful music-making experiences.

To bridge the gap between the philosophy of World Music Pedagogy and the realities of the performance-based choral classroom, the book includes commentary on quality, commercially available world music repertoire. Each chapter begins with a series of vignettes that showcase the diverse possibilities within various K-12 contexts, offering the reader a tangible glimpse of how the presented ideas can manifest in practice.

Furthermore, the book provides ready-to-integrate activities that serve as concrete and pedagogically sound examples, empowering directors to develop their instructional materials tailored to the unique needs of their choir. The content spans choral and vocal music-making traditions from diverse regions around the world, including South and West Africa, Latin America, Southeast, East, and South Asia, the Pacific Islands, Australia, New Zealand, Scandinavia, and the Baltics.

By embracing the principles and practices outlined in World Music Pedagogy, Volume V: Choral Music Education, choral music educators and directors can foster a deeper understanding and appreciation of global music, while creating engaging and inclusive learning experiences for their students.

Weight: 388g
Dimension: 233 x 162 x 12 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781138058620