Helps students to get into music by exploring the role of the conductor-teacher and suggesting ways to make a "music" experience a "musical" experience. (Editor/RK)

This second and final article on new music notation deals with some general as well as a number of specific innovations in the field of instrumental music. (Author/RK)

Outlines concept of aging of Leos Janacek, a composer remembered primarily for works that he composed in the last decade of his life. Describes Janacek's subjects of his late operas; composer's comments during this period; and shape of his musical structures. Questions concept of "late style" and notes problems of applying models to…

Based on a conception in which a musical composition determines aesthetic-normative properties, a distinction is drawn between two notions of performance: the "autonomous", in which a performance is regarded as a musical work on its own, and the "intentionalistic", in which it is regarded as essentially of a particular work. An ideal…

The search for band and orchestra repertoire is a quest for quality. It is easy for band or orchestra directors to find lists of music; in fact, the quantity is often overwhelming; professional magazines, free miniscores and CDs, and the constant stream of offerings from publishers bombard the music teacher with the message "buy me." The sheer…

An innovative ICT project called "Compose" has been implemented in some New Zealand primary schools in an effort to counteract the lack of classroom composition opportunities. "Compose" combines the use of music software and online learning with attempts to address barriers to primary classroom composition. This article…

The purpose of the study is to teach urban young children music concepts and English by composing creative music and songs with contrast elements. The subjects were seven urban young children aged from three to four in a Taiwan kindergarten. The duration was twenty-four weeks, with two sessions per week. The teaching contents included Hello Song,…

In this article, the author describes the evolution of a promising practice, his story of how he developed theory out of his teaching experiences. He tells his story in support of educators who struggle to bring meaning, joy, and understanding to children who are currently being stifled by prescriptive and restrictive regulatory mandates that…

The author states that among the various approaches to music education, her dialectical and epistemological view offers a way of thinking about music and education and deciding how to go forward in teaching and learning music. In this article, she shows how this particular philosophical perspective can play out in teaching for the development of…

Provided information about rental procedures for performance materials for musical works and an order form supplied by the Music Publisher's Association of the United States and the American Symphony Orchestra League. (Author/RK)

Article provided a practical guide for chorus directors who are planning for the commemoration of the two-hundredth anniversary of the founding of the United States by supplying a selective list of American choral music, especially prepared by the MENC Bicentennial Commission. (Editor/RK)

The list of works for band presented in this article was prepared as one of the projects of the MENC Bicentennial Commission. (Author/RK)

Offers suggestions on how to locate an appropriate music publisher for the type of music one is writing, how to prepare and send the manuscript, and on whether or not to copyright the manuscript or submit it to more than one publisher. (Editor)

Discussed are sources of creative inspiration noted by composers such as Wagner, Strauss, and Puccini; and charted are discrete steps in creativity common to composers seen as producing works of genius. (IM)

This list of piano music by American composers is the sixth and final project in a series of lists prepared by the MENC Bicentennial Commission. (Editor/RK)