Full Description
Never has there been such an exciting time to be a music teacher. Band, choir, and orchestra are ubiquitous in schools and have come to be known as the primary mode that students experience music at the secondary level. Similarly, elementary school classrooms feature approaches by Orff, Kodaly, Dalcroze, and Music Learning Theory, among a host of others.
But, what is next? In this enlightening guide, author Clint A. Randles provides music educators with the practical tools to turn their classrooms into student production studios. Addressing everything from a new conceptualization of the physical classroom space to the cables and other audio equipment no music educator should be without, Randles puts creativity, technology, recording arts, songwriting, music production, and live performance at the center of music classrooms.
Contents
Chapter 1. Introduction: A Different Kind of Music Classroom, A Different Kind of Teacher
Chapter 2. The Room(s): Where the Magic Happens
Chapter 3. How Technology Can Help You
Chapter 4. Instruments: Tools for Creative Expression
Chapter 5. Setting the Stage for Success: Literally and Figuratively
Chapter 6. Gear Considerations & Acoustics
Chapter 7. Diversifying Performance
Chapter 8. Classroom as Recording Studio
Chapter 9. Making Technology Work for You
Chapter 10. A Whole New World of Musical Products
Chapter 11. The End is the Beginning
Index
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