Volume 3, Issue No. 5

  • A Critical Lens on Dalcroze and Eurhythmics

    This historical dissertation unpacks the philosophy behind Jacques-Dalcroze’s Eurhythmics. The study centers the idea of fusing the mind-body split through rhythmic study and musical embodiment, while critically examining the method, the music and movement works, and the person behind it all.

  • Looking for Legitimacy in Music Education

    Music education is always feeling the pressure to adapt to an ever-changing educational environment. But what institutional pressures are driving these calls for change? And how are organizations responding?

  • Guidelines for Collaborative Composition

    Our Core Music Standards require us to engage our students in CREATING, as well as PERFORMING and RESPONDING. Collaborative composition is one effective way to meet these standards. Here are some ideas to get started.

  • Building an Ensemble of Growth

    Tran provides five simple steps on how we as ensemble directors, can move our ensembles forward with a growth mindset.

  • String Teachers’ Perspectives of Nontraditional Music Courses and Ensembles in Public Schools

    Savage and Harry examine middle and high school string teachers’ beliefs about teaching nontraditional music courses. We are all thinking it, why hasn’t it happened?