Listening
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nafmeadminA big part of playing well is listening. It is important to have authentic listening examples for students to hear regularly. How about playing some examples during class change? It’s also a good idea to play some of these tunes for your students during class. Try building a listening library for your students to check out various artists and styles. Many times you can find discounted CDs at used book stores. Several of the method books provide lists of artists and styles you could choose from. Now that most every student has an i-pod it might also be useful to provide a listening list for students to check out or purchase music on their own.
nafmeadminI always have music playing for my students! I have a guitar playlist on my ipod that is playing during class changes as kids are coming in and as they leave. We will talk just briefly at the beginning of each class about what artist/song is playing and why they should be familiar with it. It’s interesting that the number one thing parents will bring up at parent/teacher conferences is that I have music playing and their kids actually talk about it when they get home.
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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