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:Â 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, Â Â 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, Â Â 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 Â
 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, Â
 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, Â Â Stiles
Middle School, Leander,
Texas.