Composing Our Future is the ideal book for music teacher-educators seeking to learn more about composition education. While much has been written on the value of composition, both pre-service and practicing teachers still report a degree of trepidation when asked to engage in composition or in leading students to compose. In order to prepare pre-service teachers and meet the needs of practitioners already in the field, music teacher educators need resources to guide the development of undergraduate and graduate curriculum, specific courses, professional development workshops, and environments where composition education can begin, grow and flourish.
This volume offers insight to current practices written by authors engaged in this work. Each chapter provides information, solid theory, and examples of successful practices that teacher educators can draw upon in the creation and implementation of engaging and invigorating practices in music education. This information includes:
� A charge to teacher educators to embrace composition as a critical component in teacher preparation
� An examination of the philosophical issues surrounding composition's inclusion in, and exclusion from, music teacher education
� An overview of what is known about child composers and the work they create and how to help teachers draw vital information from that body of literature
� An examination of the relationship between creativity and composition
� Examples of successful practices ranging from working with individual special learners to teaching in a variety of school-based teaching contexts
� Models of university and school-based partnerships to facilitate pre-service teachers' transition from collegiate study to school-based work with children
� An exploration into new tools, partnerships and opportunities available through technology
� A vision for creating and sustaining meaningful composition programs both in colleges and in PK-12 schools
Industry Reviews
"Reading this book, you will understand how music operates in our students' universe and that the composer in each and every one of them is alive, vibrant, and eager to flourish. Composing Our Future is a cornucopia of philosophy, clear thinking and best practice models for teaching composition in today's musical world. It is destined to become a primary source book for music educators." --Libby Larsen, Composer
"This compilation of contributions from leading music educators provides a treasure-trove of ideas that will enrich the compositional experiences of teachers and students alike. What a wonderful and timely resource!" --Donald A. Hodges, Covington Distinguished Professor of Music Education, University of North Carolina at Greensboro
"Offer[s] a compelling blend of both the theoretical (essays on creative thinking, research on composition, and creating and sustaining compositional initiatives in school program) and the practical (chapters on model practices in teaching composition in the schools, the uses of technology in teaching composition, and incorporating the teaching of composition in college methods courses). Finally, music teachers interested in teaching composition have the
perfect resource." --Mitchell Robinson, Associate Professor of Music Education, Michigan State University
"[A] comprehensive book...Chapter authors are identified experts in their fields and
provide a wide range of theoretical and practical knowledge for readers...Recommended." --Choice
"[This book] will likely serve as an excellent introduction to the topic of compositional creativity and creativity in music education -- for generations of researchers, scholars, and practitioners -- for years to come." --Music Education Research
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