Higher Ed Rocks: Don’t fret the small stuff

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Article

Publication Date

12-2018

Abstract

This article presents an account of the Modern Band Higher Education Fellowship – a week of professional development workshops for music teacher educators in the United States. The workshop focused on Modern Band instruments and curriculum, underpinned by Music as a Second Language pedagogy. Fellowship participants all took part in a gig at a local venue, performing on instruments with which they had varying degrees of familiarity – embracing the Modern Band ethos of participatory learning, approximation and curating a low-anxiety environment. Among key benefits of the workshop, the author notes improved aural skills, stronger orientation towards student-centred learning experiences and re-engaging with music-making for fun. Fellows returned to their colleges, committed to embedding Modern Band into their undergraduate syllabi. The author urges other music education professors to attend a Modern Band Higher Education Fellowship.

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Publication Title

Journal of Popular Music Education

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1386/jpme.2.3.283_1

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