1st Edition

World Music Pedagogy, Volume V: Choral Music Education

By Sarah Bartolome Copyright 2019
    236 Pages
    by Routledge

    236 Pages
    by Routledge

    World Music Pedagogy, Volume V: Choral Music Education explores specific applications of the World Music Pedagogy process to choral music education in elementary, middle, and high school contexts, as well as within community settings. The text provides clear and accessible information to help choral music educators select, rehearse, and perform a diverse global repertoire. It also guides directors in creating a rich cultural context for learners, emphasizing listening, moving, and playing activities as meaningful music-making experiences. Commentary on quality, commercially available world music repertoire bridges the gap between the philosophy of World Music Pedagogy and the realities of the performance-based choral classroom.

    All chapters open with a series of vignettes that illuminate the variety of possibilities within multiple K-12 contexts, providing the reader with a sense of how the ideas presented might look "on the ground." Ready-to-integrate activities serve as concrete and pedagogically sound examples to guide directors as they develop their own instructional materials according to the needs of their choir. Content features choral and vocal music-making traditions from South and West Africa; Latin America; Southeast, East, and South Asia; the Pacific Islands; Australia; New Zealand; Scandinavia; and the Baltics.

      1. Teaching and Learning in Context

      2. Attentive Listening for Cultural Awakenings 

      3. Participatory Musicking

      4. Performing World Music

      5. Creating World Music

      6. Integrating World Music

      7. Surmountable Challenges and Worthy Outcomes

      Appendix 1: Learning Pathways

      Appendix 2: References and Resources

      Biography

      Sarah J. Bartolome is Associate Professor of Music Education at Northwestern University.