Messengers of music : the legacy of Julia E. Crane

• Main Author: Collins, Caron L. (Author)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Bingley, U.K : Emerald Publishing Limited : Information Age Publishing, 2011.
• Subjects: Crane, Julia E. > (Julia Ettie), > 1855-1923.; Music teachers > United States > Biography.; elektronické knihy; Biographies.; Biography & Autobiography > Music.; Educational: Music.; Biography: arts and entertainment.; Composers and songwriters.; Musicians, singers, bands and groups.; electronic books
• ISBN: 9781806615940
• DOI: 10.1108/978-1-61735-565-3
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xiv, 127 pages) : illustrations

Music teachers around the world have positively influenced the lives of children. From Susan Udell who reaches out to over 3,000 students in Madison Wisconsin through her Hand-chimes program, to Deidre Roberts who shares the love of music to children in poverty stricken areas of Pakistan, Ecuador an...

Table of Contents:

• Dedication
• Prelude
• Chapter 1. Being first by necessity
• Chapter 2. The why and what of teaching
• Chapter 3. Teaching children through music
• Chapter 4. Ideals realized
• Chapter 5. Singing in stages
• Chapter 6. The playful imagination
• Chapter 7. For the pure joy of music
• Chapter 8. The power to read
• Chapter 9. Freedom of childhood
• Chapter 10. Learning, growing, sharing the message of music
• Postlude
• The ancestry of Julia E. Crane.