“Practical” Listening Lessons—Are They Possible?

Hood, Marguerite V.

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“…Former president of NAfME (née Music Supervisors' National Conference), Marguerite Hood, wrote in 1931, "Why is there such a distinct gap between the music heard in school and that chosen by the average child for enjoyment?" 31 Nine decades later, her question is still relevant. The Tanglewood Declaration, a document approved in 1968 by a large group of prominent music educators, musicians, government leaders, and representatives of industry and labor, called for the inclusion of "currently popular teenage music" in music education.…”

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A Return to Amateurism in Music Education

Kratus¹

2019

Music Educators Journal

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The future of American music education may be found in its past—a time when music teachers instilled lifelong amateur music-making in their students. There are differences between amateur and professional musicianship, and the focus of American music education shifted from amateurism to semiprofessionalism in the mid-twentieth century. An orientation toward semiprofessionalism makes little sense given the limited performance opportunities in large ensembles after high school and college. This article suggests a way back to nurturing amateurism and highlights two obstacles to this goal: the inflexibility of music teacher education and the profession’s reluctance to accept popular music. The article concludes with a narrative of what a world of amateur musicianship looks like.

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A Return to Amateurism in Music Education

Kratus¹

2019

Music Educators Journal

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“…Why is there such a distinct gap between the music heard in school and that chosen by the average child for enjoyment?" 8 She encouraged a greater emphasis on popular music in music education. Pitts, writing of the jitterbug, wrote about the "kinship between American youth and American popular music.…”

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Popular Music Education: A Call to Action

Powell¹,

Smith²,

West³

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A history of popular music education in the United States

Powell

2023

Journal of Popular Music Education

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Despite many current popular music styles originating in the United States, there has typically been a lack of inclusion of popular music in school-based music education contexts in the United States. In recent years, however, the incorporation of popular musics has become more commonplace with the propagation of modern band programmes and initiatives designed to diversify the genres of music included in school music. With the increased presence of popular music education (PME) in US schools, it is timely to further examine the history of popular music in school music programmes as well as the social conditions and educational rationales that led to the emergence of PME in US school music programmes. This article combines existing research on the history of PME into one document while adding further research and descriptions of important events in the history of PME in the United States not yet in print.

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“Practical” Listening Lessons—Are They Possible?

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A Return to Amateurism in Music Education

A Return to Amateurism in Music Education

Popular Music Education: A Call to Action

A history of popular music education in the United States

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