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nafmeadminHello All,
I am going into my second year of teaching music. Last year I taught middle school chorus and general music. My primary instruments and piano and voice and I have taken method courses in all others. I feel confident to teach every music course out there but band and I landed a 1-5 music position that (of course) includes band.
I’ve seen topics about band teachers teaching chorus but not the other way around. Do any of you have tips on practicing band instruments this summer, curriculum, warm-ups, book recommendations…I’ll take any and everything! I know the most important thing is practice but strategies on doing so or resources would be very welcome.
Thank you!
nafmeadminI guess decide on what instruments that you plan on introducing students too. Maybe Flute, Clarinet, Saxophone, Trumpet and maybe Baritone or Trombone would be a good start. Also use your local university or feeder school for help. I am certain they wouldn’t mind coming down and helping you get started. Since it is beginning band, the basics outside of the theory aspect of music, would of course be the instrumental methods. Producing a sound on the mouthpiece, Instrument Assembly and Maintenance, Producing a sound on the instrument(use longtones to help build their embouchure), Fingerings for notes, Basic rhythms(which ever method you want to use to teach reading rhythms). That would be some of the things you could look into. For method books, all of them have a teacher manual which should really help you with the curriculum planning. There a wide variety of different method books out there, Essential Elements 2000 Book 1, Sound Innovations, Standards of Excellence, and I am sure there are many, many more.
Christopher M. Johnson, Professor of Music Education and Music Therapy, is currently the Chair of the Music Education and Music Therapy Department and Director of the Music Research Institute at the University of Kansas. Johnson earned his Ph.D. from the Florida State University.
Since his arrival at The University of Kansas, Johnson has taught courses in Instrumental Conducting, Teaching Instrumental Music, Managing Behaviors in the Music Environment, Psychology and Acoustics of Music, and Research Methods in Music Education and Music Therapy. Johnson served two terms as the editor of the International Journal of Music Education: Research, the research publication of the International Society for Music Education. He is currently serving his second term on the National Association for Music Educations Executive Committee of the Society for Research in Music Education. He also served on the editorial board of the Journal of Research in Music Education, and one earlier term as the Chair for the MENC Executive Committee of the Society for Research in Music Education. Johnson also served as the Chair for the Research Commission of the International Society for Music Education.
Johnson’s research interests include applied research in music education, and basic research in all aspects of the psychology of music. He has published articles in many journals including the Journal of Research in Music Education, the International Journal of Music Education, the Journal of Music Therapy, Journal of Band Research, Contributions to Music Education, and the Bulletin of the Council for Research in Music Education, among others. Johnson has also been an active member and contributor to the Research Seminar of the International Society for Music Education and World Alliance for Arts Education.
Johnson received a university teaching award – the Ned N. Fleming Award for Excellence in Teaching and received the recognition for Graduate Teaching Achievement from the Center for Teaching Excellence. Johnson was also awarded a lecturing & research award as a J. William Fulbright Scholar and recently received the Ella Scoble Opperman Citation for Distinguished Achievement from the Florida State University College of Music.
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