Teaching Music with Purpose
Subtitle: conducting, rehearsing and inspiring
Publisher: Meredith Music Publications, a division of G. W. Music, Inc.
Published: August 1, 2006
Place of publication: Galesville, MD
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 244
ISBN-13: 9781574630763
Subjects: Songbooks - General; Music; Music/Songbooks; Instruction & Study - General; Reference; Nonfiction / Education; Music / Popular; Conducting; Instruction and study
Notes: Publisher no. HL00317162 (Hal Leonard)
Table of contents: title: Foreword / James Swearingen; title: Preface : A little old man who knew; title: From muddy waters; title: "Education is fundamentally an imaginative act of hope"; title: Dwelling on dreams; title: The "big rocks" concept; title: It's all in how you see it; title: "Motidispiration" : motivation, discipline and inspiration; title: Percussionists : the missing "peace"?; title: Draw them to you; title: The parable of the Tandoori chicken; title: "One moment of anger"; title: Conducting : "Speak sparingly and carry a meaningful stick"; title: A conductor's warm-up; title: Independence of hands; title: "But I'm yelling as nicely as I can!"; title: Forty-two stones and an empty jar; title: "When...?" or "When...!"; title: Routine can be comfortable and deadly; title: "Spoon-feeding..."; title: "If you've told a child..."; title: The intermittent rehearsal; title: Who's responsible?; title: "The goal is not to be understood"; title: Excellence; title: The flames of growth; title: "But this is only a rehearsal!"; title: "The view from the mountaintop"; title: "Not again : better"; title: "A ship in port is safe..."; title: "Getting back on the horse and riding even harder"; title: Failure is opportunity turned upside-down; title: "Touch the wall"; title: "Without you, there never would have been a journey"; title: Why didn't I think of that?; title: Worry; title: Don't always think big; title: "When you wish upon a star..."; title: "Don't hide your light under a bushel"; title: Why do we teach?; title: "Even a fool knows you can't touch the stars..."; title: The list; title: Postlude; title: About the author