Volume 2, Issue No. 4
Rethinking Music Education: A focus on Social-Emotional Learning and Life-Long Musicianship
In this issue, the Riffers showcase recent work on how to make the music classroom a more mindful place, making way for Social-Emotional Learning and inspiring life-long music-makers.
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Mindfulness in Music Education
In this article, the author discusses the connection between mindfulness and music education and specific examples for immediate implementation, creating a pathway for social-emotional learning.
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Audiences Understand the Emotional Language of Instruments
Audiences have emotional responses to orchestration in contemporary music theatre.
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How Should we Define Success in Large Ensembles?
Bucura’s philosophical piece on how we define excellence and success in the large ensemble leaves us with a great deal to think about!
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Collective Singing for Social Inclusion
Taslakian shares what it means to participate in collective singing and how this has changed the lives of many young students in Lebanon’s Fayha Choir.
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Music for a Lifetime: How Are We Doing? A Review of Literature
Boswell examined research on adult participation in large ensembles (band, choir, and orchestra) within community music settings. Findings range from demographic information, music backgrounds of participants, motivations, and potential issues for participating in community ensembles.
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PODCAST
Special guest Dr. Brian Shaw from the Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University joined us to discuss Mike's Riff on participatory assessment practices in performing ensembles.