SKU: GI.G-10153
Composed by Scott N.
Edgar and Stephanie
Edgar. Social Emotional
Learning. Music
Education. 32 pages. GIA
Publications #10153.
Published by GIA
Publications
(GI.G-10153).
ISBN
9781622774623.
Illu
strated by Nancy Sosna
Bohm  Music and art
can help us feel and
express deep emotions. We
can be happy or sad, but
that is only the
beginning. This beautiful
book explores the
powerful link between
art, music, and emotion,
and is ideal for
deepening Social
Emotional Learning (SEL)
and building a fuller
emotional vocabulary.
Built on the principles
of SEL, each page of The
ABCs of My Feelings and
Music offers an emotion
word in a piece of
colorful artwork, one for
each letter of the
alphabet. Below each
illustration are three
classical music
suggestions to listen to
while observing the art.
Use the provided
questions and a link to
playlists to help unpack
what children are seeing
and feeling. The
questions can also
jumpstart meaningful
discussions about how art
and music can affect and
help us express our
emotions. This book is
for children as well as
teachers, parents, social
workers, counselors,
music
therapists—anyone
who works with children
and understands the power
of art and music. We hope
this book helps you and
your children/students
expand their emotional
vocabulary, have
meaningful discussions
about emotions, and think
more deeply about how
music and art makes us
feel! Scott N. Edgar is
Associate Professor of
Music, Music Education
Chair, and Director of
Bands at Lake Forest
College (Lake Forest,
Illinois). Dr. Edgar is
the author of Music
Education and Social
Emotional Learning: The
Heart of Teaching Music
and is an internationally
sought-after clinician on
Social Emotional
Learning. Stephanie Edgar
is an active choral
singer, performing with
the Jacksonville Symphony
Orchestra Chorus
(Jacksonville, Florida),
the University Musical
Society Choral Union (Ann
Arbor, Michigan), and the
Chicago-based Peregrine
Vocal Ensemble. Stephanie
works as Coordinator of
the Center for Academic
Success at Lake Forest
College in Illinois.
Nancy Sosna Bohm is a
retired academic
librarian and lifelong
artist with experience in
a variety of media,
styles, and subjects.
Listen to the music on
Spotify: In an effort
to increase the diversity
of musical examples in
The ABCs of My Feelings
and Music, Karen Howard
has created an additional
playlist to use with the
artwork! Click here for a
free PDF of the song
titles and emotion words
included on Karen's
playlist. In an effort to
increase the diversity of
musical examples in The
ABCs of My Feelings and
Music, Franklin Willis
has created an additional
playlist to use with the
artwork! Click here for a
free PDF of the song
titles and emotion words
included on Franklin's
playlist.
Feel Classical
