Music & Education Books

New and Published Books

1. Making Music with Sounds

   By Leigh Landy

   Making Music with Sounds offers a creative introduction to the art of making sound-based music. It introduces the elements of making compositions with sounds and facilitates creativity in school age children, with the activities primarily for 11-14 year old students. It can also be used by people...

   Published May 23rd 2012 by Routledge
2. Debates in Music Teaching

   Edited by Chris Philpott, Gary Spruce

   Series: The Debates in Subject Teaching Series

   Debates in Music Teaching encourages students and practising teachers to engage with contemporary issues and developments in music education. It aims to introduce a critical approach to the central concepts and practices that have influenced major interventions and initiatives in music teaching,...

   Published May 16th 2012 by Routledge
3. Keyboard Skills for Music Educators: Score Reading

   By Shellie Gregorich, Benjamin Moritz

   Keyboard Skills for Music Educators: Score Reading is the first textbook equip future educators with the ability to play from an open score at the keyboard. Score reading can be a daunting prospect for even the most accomplished pianist, but it is a skill required of all choral and instrumental...

   Published October 4th 2011 by Routledge
4. Invitation to Community Music Therapy

   By Brynjulf Stige, Leif Edvard Aarø

   Invitation to Community Music Therapy presents the main perspectives and principles of community music therapy as it is practiced around the world. A relatively recent development within the broader field of music therapy, community music therapy emphasizes human connectedness, health promotion,...

   Published August 21st 2011 by Routledge
5. Using Music to Enhance Student Learning

   A Practical Guide for Elementary Classroom Teachers

   By Jana Fallin, Mollie Tower

   Integrating musical activities in the elementary school classroom can assist in effectively teaching and engaging students in Language Arts, Science, Math, and Social Studies, while also boosting mental, emotional and social development. However, many elementary education majors fear they lack the...

   Published January 9th 2011 by Routledge
6. What’s So Important About Music Education?

   By J. Scott Goble

   Series: Routledge Research in Education

   What’s So Important About Music Education? addresses the history of rationales provided for music education in the United States. J. Scott Goble explains how certain factors stemming from the nation's constitutional separation of church and state, its embrace of democracy and capitalism, and the...

   Published January 3rd 2011 by Routledge
7. Instrumental Music Education

   Teaching with the Musical and Practical in Harmony

   By Evan Feldman, Ari Contzius

   Instrumental Music Education: Teaching with the Musical and Practical in Harmony is intended for college instrumental music education majors studying to be band and orchestra directors at the elementary, middle school, or high school level. This textbook presents an extensive look at the topics...

   Published September 30th 2010 by Routledge
8. Constructing a Personal Orientation to Music Teaching

   By Mark Robin Campbell, Linda K Thompson, Janet R. Barrett

   Constructing a Personal Orientation to Music Teaching promotes inquiry and reflection to facilitate teacher growth, lifelong learning and a disposition toward educational change. Strongly grounded in current theories and research in teacher education, the text engages readers in analyzing their own...

   Published July 13th 2010 by Routledge
9. A Field Guide to Student Teaching in Music

   By Ann C. Clements, Rita Klinger

   A Field Guide to Student Teaching in Music is a practical guide focused on the link between music education coursework and the field-based aspects of the student teaching experience. It addresses general topics that are common to all music placements, as well as those topics that are of specific...

   Published May 20th 2010 by Routledge
10. Music Fundamentals

    A Balanced Approach

    By Sumy Takesue

    Music Fundamentals is written for students who want to learn the basics of music. Keeping in mind the student with very little or no prior knowledge of music, musical concepts are reinforced by numerous examples including global music, along with a comprehensive website for students to...

    Published March 11th 2010 by Routledge