Renting Choral Octavos
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Hello everyone! I am gearing up for my 2nd year of teaching and I am at a new position this year. I will be teaching PK-12 vocal music. Exciting and scary at the same time! This is my first year teaching choir. I have a JR high choir of about 44 and a high school choir of over 60. There is ALOT of music but much of it is very similar and older. It is my goal to introduce my students to a variety of different musical genres, and styles in the coming year. I don’t need to tell you how expensive music is and I am well aware that a diverse music library isn’t built in a year. I have been thinking of a few different options and have contacted some surrounding schools about music sharing (with no response). I have also considered music rental, but I have never done it and can’t decide if it a good use of funds or not. Do any of you rent music on a regular music and if so what companies do you go through? Do you feel that it is a good investment in the long run and that the variety of music your are able to teach out weighs the fact that it isn’t actually becoming a part of your music library for use down the road? Any and all opinions are welcome! Thank you!
Do you have schools near you to share music with? Other music teachers would have pieces that they know work and they would most likely be happy to share if they know you will return all copies or replace any that are lost. I am not aware of rentals for choral music as most choral music costs $1.95 to $2.50 a copy paying rental on each piece would be a waste of money. Use your resources to purchase a couple of really good titles a year and build up your existing library.
LeAnna Willmore
Chair, NAfME Choral Education Council Chair
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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