The Modern Band Handbook

Practical Perspectives and Lessons for Music Educators

Buch | Softcover

312 Seiten

2025
Oxford University Press Inc (Verlag)
9780197689592 (ISBN)

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Modern band is a term used to describe popular music education in schools and is increasingly incorporated in K-12 and pre-service music teacher education programs. The Modern Band Handbook shines a light on the practices and perspectives of modern band teachers from across K-12 and higher education throughout the USA and gives practical advice on how to incorporate modern band into music classrooms.

The chapters are grouped into five main themes: Arranging and Creating Covers; Songwriting; Teaching Modern Band Instruments; Social Justice and Cultural Responsiveness; and Music Technology. Each chapter offers a lesson plan consisting of pedagogical methods, activities, assignments, and lesson objectives. Lesson plans include accommodations, adaptations, and extensions to provide ideas for teachers who would like to make modifications for different ages and experience levels. The companion website features downloadable resources, additional assignments, and audio and video examples. Full of practical tips from forty-three teachers and music education faculty members from a broad variety of backgrounds and contexts, The Modern Band Handbook is an invaluable resource for all popular music educators.

Bryan Powell is Associate Professor of Music Education and Music Technology and coordinator of the Recording Arts and Production degree at Montclair State University. He teaches classes in popular music, modern band, and music technology, and directs the Montclair State popular music ensembles. A former NYC public school music teacher, Bryan is also the Chief Program Officer for the non-profit organization Music Will and serves as the Executive Director of the Association for Popular Music Education. He is the founding co-editor of the Journal of Popular Music Education, co-author of Popular Music Pedagogies: A Practical Guide for Music Teachers, and series co-editor of Contemporary Music Making and Learning.

Acknowledgments
List of Contributors
About the Companion Website

Foreword
Lucy Green

Editor's Introduction
Bryan Powell

Part I: Arranging and Creating Covers

1. Judging a Hook by its Cover: (Re)creating Pop Songs in the Secondary General Music Classroom
Virginia Wayman Davis

2. Approximating by Ear: A Scaffolded Approach to Playing-by-Ear for Beginning Learners
Jesse Rathgeber and Wayde Rathgeber

3. Translation Nation; How to Bridge the Gap for ESL Students and Beyond
Sara Munson

4. Active Music Listening in Modern Band
Sandra Sanchez Adorno

5. Breaking Down a Song: Orff and Modern Band
David Dockan

6. Adapting Student-Preferred Music for Elementary Classroom Instruments
Martina Vasil

7. Song Set and Segues
Heather Fortune

Part II: Songwriting in Modern Band

8. Hook-Writing: A Two-for-One Deal
Sondra Braeutigam

9. Pathways to Teaching Composition and Improvisation
Alex Ramirez

10. Songwriting to a Pitch: Lyrics
Kat Reinhert and Sarah Gulish

11. Blues Songwriting with Ukulele
Raychl Smith

12. Composition in the Primary Years
Michelle Vallejo

13. Building Vocal Improvisation Skills With Early Elementary Students
LeslieAnne Bird

14. Modern Band Songwriting Icebreaker Lesson: Paper Bag Challenge
Jasmine Todd Faulkner

15. Speed Songwriting Challenge
Matthew Clauhs and Beatrice B. Olesko

16. Pair Up: Collaborative Songwriting and Recording
Tina Huynh

17. Lyric Writing in Modern Band
Stefanie Sagaro

Part III: Teaching Modern Band Instruments

18. Scaffolding a Student-Lead Band through Percussion
Andrea Donze Krein

19. Student Goal Setting
Joseph Campbell

20. Fostering Beginning Guitar Technique through the Single String Tablature Method
Ronnie Nissinboim

21. All About that Bassline
Carmella Berthia

22. Introducing Ukulele Using Modified Chords
Tony Corallo

23. Introduction to Ukelele for Young Beginners
Jill Wilson

Part IV: Social Justice and Cultural Responsiveness in Modern Band

24. Social Justice in Songwriting: Protest Song Composition
Mia Ibrahim

25. Latin Beats in Modern Band
Vimari Colón-León

26. Beatboxing Our Way to Knowing and Doing Better
Donna Hewitt

27. Social Justice Meets Modern Band: Conversations Based in Repertoire
Rachael Sanguinetti

28. Building Community and Promoting Belonging, Identity, and Self-Awareness Through Hip-Hop
Wanda Vásquez García

29. Affirming Individual and Collective Identities through Hooks in the Modern Ensemble
Alice A. Tsui

Part V: Music Technology in Modern Band

30. Teaching Live Audio Mixing Skills in a Modern Band Context
Jennifer A. Jester

31. DJing in Modern Band: The Basics of Beatmatching
Aixa Burgos

32. Beginning Scratching
Kevin Droe

33. Speaking through Soundtrap
Nicholas Piato and David H. Knapp

34. Introduction to Beatmaking
Bryan Powell

35. Remixing Songs in a DAW
Warren Gramm

36. Creating Mashups in Soundtrap
Candice Mattio

37. Digital Audio Workstations and Participatory Learning
Chad Zullinger and Kelly Bylica

38. Open Score to Mic to DAW: Remixing In C
Lara Mitofsky Neuss

Index

Erscheinungsdatum	13.09.2025
Zusatzinfo	94
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	215 x 277 mm
Gewicht	744 g
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Musik ► Musiktheorie / Musiklehre
ISBN-13	9780197689592 / 9780197689592
Zustand	Neuware