World Music Pedagogy Volume V: Choral Music Education

<p><em>World Music Pedagogy Volume V: Choral Music Education</em> explores specific applications of the World Music Pedagogy process to choral music education in elementary middle and high school contexts as well as within community settings. The text provides clear and accessible information to help choral music educators select rehearse and perform a diverse global repertoire. It also guides directors in creating a rich cultural context for learners emphasizing listening moving and playing activities as meaningful music-making experiences. Commentary on quality commercially available world music repertoire bridges the gap between the philosophy of World Music Pedagogy and the realities of the performance-based choral classroom.</p><p>All chapters open with a series of vignettes that illuminate the variety of possibilities within multiple K-12 contexts providing the reader with a sense of how the ideas presented might look on the ground. Ready-to-integrate activities serve as concrete and pedagogically sound examples to guide directors as they develop their own instructional materials according to the needs of their choir. Content features choral and vocal music-making traditions from South and West Africa; Latin America; Southeast East and South Asia; the Pacific Islands; Australia; New Zealand; Scandinavia; and the Baltics.</p>