SKU: GI.G-10748
Ideas, Insights, and
Strategies from
Successful High School
and Middle School
Instrumental Music
Educators and Ensemble
Directors. Composed
by Frank Battisti & Scott
Rush. Music Education.
179 pages. GIA
Publications #10748.
Published by GIA
Publications
(GI.G-10748).
ISBN
9781574635461.
Cont
ributors: Sarah Ball,
Scott Casagrande, Lafe
Cook, Chuck Cushinery,
Roy Holder, Mike Howard,
Chadwick Kamei, Alex
Kaminsky, Diane
Koutsulis, Scott Laird,
Ed Lisk, Stephen Massey,
Elizabeth Reed, Jeff
Scott, Andy Sealy,
Christopher Selby, Kim
Shuttlesworth, Susan
Waters, Alfred Watkins,
Darcy Vogt Williams
Throughout this edition,
you will read numerous
accounts by some of the
most accomplished and
experienced music-makers
in the profession.
Through the use of
imaginative,
collaborative music
making strategies, they
provide students with
meaningful musical
experiences that
illuminate the magical
and expressive power of
music. Topics covered
include: The Personal
Meaning of Music How
Music Making Affects
Young Students Providing
Musical Experiences
Strategies for Musical
Expression Strategies for
Active Listening The
Selection of High-Quality
Music The Collaborative
Process Creativity,
Expression, and
Imagination The Music
Educator/Teacher The
Conductor/Ensemble
Director Everyone in
the group is involved in
selecting the repertoire.
—Dr. Charles Cushinery,
Director of Orchestras,
Ed W. Clark High
School, Las Vegas, Nevada
As conductors, we are
generally good at telling
players what is wrong,
but not always good at
telling them when they do
what we want. —Roy
Holder, former Director
of Bands, Lake
Braddock Secondary
School, Burke, Virginia
Giving students the tools
and energy to express
themselves and make
creative decisions in
their own music-making is
key to the education of
the ‘whole person.’
—Mike Howard, Director
of Bands Vandegrift
High School, Austin,
Texas For some of my
students, making music
gives them a place to
belong, a sense of value,
or a means to learn
self-esteem. —Jeff
Scott, Director of Bands,
Cario Middle
School, Mount Pleasant,
South Carolina Music can
stimulate imagination and
creativity. It is the
ultimate form of
self-expression.
—Alfred Watkins, former
Director of Bands,
Lassiter High School,
Marietta, Georgia Music
means that we can express
together, experience
emotions together, and
affect the human spirit
on a deep level. —Darcy
Vogt Williams, Director
of Bands, Stiles
Middle School, Leander,
Texas.