World Musics and Music Education Facing the Issues

by Reimer, Bennett

• ISBN13: 9781565451452
• ISBN10: 1565451457
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-01-01
• Publisher: R&L Education

Summary

Deepens understandings of key issues about multiculturalism in music education. Covers a broad range of the world's musics: Japanese, Native American, Australian Aborigine, South African, Hispanic, African-American, Israeli, Hawaiian, Amazon Indian, Tennessee Mountain, and more. Based on a Northwestern University Music Education Leadership Seminar.

Table of Contents

Preface: The Northwestern University Music Education Leadership Seminars	vii
Introduction
The Need to Face the Issues	3	(12)
Bennett Reimer
The Large Picture
Past, Present, Future
Multiculturalism: Dynamic Creativity for Music Education	15	(16)
Terese M. Volk
Philosophical Foundations
Multicultural Music Education: Pathways and Byways, Purpose and Serendipity	31	(26)
Anthony J. Palmer
Particular Perspectives
An Australian View
The Ambiguous Nature of Multicultural Music Education: Learning Music through Multicultural Content, or Learning Multiculturalism through Music?	57	(14)
Peter Dunbar-Hall
A South African View
A Diverse Approach to Music in Education from a South African Perspective	71	(20)
Elizabeth Oehrle
An African-American View
Memory, Multiculturalism, and Music: An African-American Perspective	91	(12)
Robert W. Stephens
An Ethnomusicology View
Catching Up with the Rest of the World: Music Education and Musical Experience	103	(16)
Anthony Seeger
Issues Applications and Practices: Diverse Perspectives
Passing the Cultural Baton of Music	119	(20)
Ellen McCulLough-Brabson
Teaching Unfamiliar Styles of Music	139	(22)
Milagros Agostini Quesada
Weaving the Tapestry of World Musics	161	(26)
Bryan Burton
Experiencing World Musics in Schools: From Fundamental Positions to Strategic Guidelines	187	(18)
C. Victor Fung
A Materials Girl in Search of the Genuine Article	205	(14)
Rita Klinger
Teacher Education for a New World of Musics	219	(20)
Kathy Robinson
A Life in World Musics
In Study of Expressive Cultures: The Pathway of a White Middle-Class Music Teacher	239
Patricia Shehan Campbell