SKU: GI.G-10383
Tools for Addressing
Societal Challenges
through Music.
Composed by Jason Max
Ferdinand. Music
Education. 106 pages. GIA
Publications #10383.
Published by GIA
Publications
(GI.G-10383).
ISBN
9781622775378.
Incl
udes course pack with
activities and four hours
of video interviews.
Includes access codes for
25 students. Purchase
includes digital access
to complete book and
videos for 25 students
plus a physical copy of
the book. Jason Max
Ferdinand's book Teaching
With Heart is the first
book to directly help us
address the societal
issues in our choral
rehearsals. Not
attempting to separate
the music from social
issues, this new tool in
the classroom uses
musical examples to
address uncomfortable
topics and hopefully
'open minds and hearts.'
Built to ask singers to
read, watch, listen and
then to respond and
discuss, this resource
has been developed with
the help of nine
outstanding contributors
and ten composers and
arrangers. I strongly
urge you to take a look
at this new resource for
your classroom.
--Jo-Michael Scheibe,
D.M.A. Professor,
Department of Choral and
Sacred Music Conductor,
University of Southern
California Thornton
Chamber Singers Teaching
With Heart is a timely
and relevant resource
that offers a
well-crafted,
research-based approach
to choral music
education. Students will
learn how diverse choral
repertoire can be used as
a tool to not only
advance musicianship, but
also as an access point
for critical thinking and
the enhancement of social
emotional learning
skills. --Rollo A.
Dilworth, D.Mus. Vice
Dean and Professor of
Choral Music Education
Center for the Performing
and Cinematic Arts,
Temple University Through
valuable repertoire
suggestions, listening
examples, video
interviews, quotes, and
teaching activities, this
resource provides
designed lessons helping
students apply,
synthesize, evaluate, and
comprehend music from an
artistic perspective and,
more importantly, a human
perspective. --Brandon
Boyd, Ph.D. Assistant
Professor Choral
Conducting, Choral Music
Education University of
Missouri 'How would you
suggest a Caucasian
teacher talk about social
justice issues with
students of color?' a
student from Georgia
Southern University asked
via ZOOM. Dr. Ferdinand
responded by quoting from
Teaching With Heart,
specifically sharing
inspiration from the
module titled 'Justice,
or Just Us?' Powerful
conversation ensued and
our future educators were
immediately on fire to
get ahold of these
teaching tools! We are so
grateful for Dr.
Ferdinand's generous
leadership and his
extremely well-timed
Choral Conductor's
Compendium to help guide
us through current times
and into the future.
--Shannon Jeffreys,
D.M.A. Director of Choral
Activities Georgia
Southern University Jason
Max Ferdinand is a Full
Professor, Chair of the
Music Department, and
Director of Choral
Activities at Oakwood
University, where he
conducts the Aeolians of
Oakwood University. He
maintains an active
schedule as a presenter,
adjudicator, and guest
conductor for high
schools, collegiate, and
church choirs throughout
North America, Asia,
Europe, and the
Caribbean. Learn more
about this new resource
in the short video
below:.