SKU: GI.G-8739

ISBN 9781622771134. English.

How do we truly know when a young child’s vocalizations make the transition from babble to musical structure? What role can music educators play? What does it mean to sequence instruction at this early level? What is the difference between musical content and musical context? These questions and more form the foundation of a remarkable series of letters by two leaders of the music education world between 1979 and 1981. Donald Pond is retired music director of the Pillsbury Foundation School for Advancement of Music Education in Santa Barbara, California, and Edwin E. Gordon was a professor at the State University of New York–Buffalo and Temple University in Philadelphia. Together, through 45 letters built on friendship and trust, these two remarkable leaders challenge one another and in the process deepen our understanding of musicality, aptitude, creativity, and improvisation. Edwin E. Gordon is known throughout the world as a preeminent researcher, teacher, author, editor, and lecturer in the field of music education.

SKU: FJ.FJH2293

ISBN 9781619282193. UPC: 241444385432. English.

Choosing which solo to start with will be difficult because this book is loaded with 15 selections that are fun, exciting, and suitable for performance. Book 4 includes the blues (Mr. Cool by Kevin Olson), a sonatina, a toccatina (Presto in 5/8 by Edwin McLean), a hymn, a prelude, a bourrée, and a majestic piece (The White Mountain by Timothy Brown)¦plus many more! Look no further for motivating pieces that appeal to students of all ages.

SKU: GI.G-9691

ISBN 9781622774029.

Edwin E. Gordon is widely regarded as one of the most influential figures in the field of music education, and his groundbreaking Music Learning Theory (MLT) remains one of the most significant and effective approaches to teaching music skills and content to students. Navigating Music Learning Theory, by author and educator Jill Reese, is an accessible and practical guide for general music teachers interested in incorporating the innovative concepts and ideas of Music Learning Theory in their own instruction. The book is divided into three parts. In the first part, Reese provides an overview of the core pedagogical principles of Music Learning Theory, including a breakdown of its foundational Skill Learning Sequence. The second and third parts take a detailed look at Learning Sequence Activities (the tonal and rhythm patterns used to teach skills and content) and Classroom Activities (applying skills and content to songs, chants, and recordings). Central to this resource are over one hundred pages of scripted lesson plans designed to guide teachers in presenting tonal patterns, rhythm patterns, songs, and chants with efficient and pedagogically sound language. The scripted materials are intentionally flexible, allowing teachers to use them as written or to modify them for their unique teaching context. In keeping with Edwin Gordon’s ideas, Reese emphasizes the importance of balancing class instruction with individualized instruction and provides a number of tools and opportunities for assessment and tracking toward individual differences between students. Regardless of a teacher’s experience or familiarity with Edwin Gordon’s ideas, Navigating Music Learning Theory is certain to help any teacher design and implement a robust music curriculum with engaging lessons that will maximize the musical potential of each student. Dr. Jill Reese is Associate Professor of Music Education at The State University of New York at Fredonia. She is also on the teaching faculty for the Gordon Institute for Music Learning (GIML). She holds degrees in Music Education from Temple University (PhD), University of Michigan (MM), and Michigan State University (BM).

SKU: GI.G-2976

ISBN 9781579994716. English.

This is Edwin E. Gordon’s authoritative book about structuring and organizing all stages of graduate level and post-graduate level research in music education. .

SKU: GI.G-J152

English.

A revision of this beginning band series makes Jump Right In easier to use and more musical than ever before! Includes high-quality CDs of folk songs that: • Comprise many styles, tonalities, and meters • Span many cultures and many centuries • Are ideal for listening and playing along Features performances by some of the world’s greatest performers: • Artist faculty members from Eastman School of Music • Members of Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra • Rhythm and Brass Helps develop musicianship beyond instrumental classroom with: • Progress from sound to sight in logical, common sense sequence • Opportunities for improvisation from early stages of instruction • Tools to help students learn to read and write with better comprehension • Arrangements of familiar songs in each book Sequential and proven materials are: • Designed specifically to attend to individual differences • Based on current experimental and practical research • Based on the music learning theories of Edwin E. Gordon • Relevant to National Standards and include suggestions for measurement and evaluation Extensive Teacher’s Guide: • Contains lesson plans • Includes teaching procedures • May be used independently or in conjunction with Jump Right In: The Music Curriculum and Developing Musicianship through Improvisation.