Reaching and Teaching All Instrumental Music Students

by Kevin Mixon

Are you a music educator searching for solutions beyond "best practice" theory suitable only for ideal, theoretical scenarios? Do you need solid, down-to-earth information that you can use today to help your real-world music students to succeed?
Reaching and Teaching All Instrumental Music Students provides both new and experienced music educators with much-needed advice drawn from credible research and established approaches, but also includes practical application for the incredible variety of music classrooms that teachers face today. Kevin Mixon adapts research-based theories to fit typical situations that are not always ideal. Exploring such topics as recruiting and retention, garnering program support, teaching for diverse learning styles and exceptional students, introducing notation, composition, and improvisation, Mixon provides practical advice that maximizes classroom and rehearsal time. Make the most of your program by teaching-and reaching-all of your instrumental music students!

114 pages, Paperback

First published February 28, 2007