Press Release - MENC: The National Association for Music Education Publishes Lessons In American Music
MENC: The National Association for Music Education Publishes Lessons In American Music
Debra Kay Robinson Lindsay Presents Lessons for Teaching the Music of American Composers in New Resource
RESTON, VA (May 3, 2006) --Anyone interested in American music will appreciate Lessons in American Music, a new collection for teaching elementary and middle-school students about American composers and the national anthem. Published by MENC: The National Association for Music Education, this spiral-bound book, convenient for use at the piano, is an all-in-one resource for teachers. This new resource provides thirty-one lesson plans loaded with activities, assessments, ideas, and helpful tips for teaching students the music of America™s history.
The book™s author is Debra Kay Robinson Lindsay, an award-winning music teacher in the Fairfax County (Virginia) Public School District and president-elect of the Virginia Elementary Music Educators Association. In the book, Robinson Lindsay explores the music of Stephen Foster, Scott Joplin, and the first American composer, William Billings. The book incorporates history lessons, reproducible music for soprano recorder, voice, and piano, and a variety of classroom and individual activities. Lessons with a special focus on The Star-Spangled Banner are featured.
I tried to think of all the ways a music teacher might use this book, said Robinson Lindsay in an interview. Also, there is more than one way in which children can learn. My book offers a lot of ways to reach them.
This is a valuable resource for the busy music teacher whose curriculum includes units on American composers and their music, said David E. Circle, music coordinating teacher for the Blue Valley (Kansas) School District and president of MENC. Everything the teacher will need from initial presentation to activities to assessments for the 32 lessons is included “ it™s a must for every fourth-through-sixth-grade music teacher™s library.
Lessons in American Music (#1731) is available from MENC for $33.00. Members receive the discounted price of $24.75. To order, call 800-828-0229 or visit www.menc.org. Note: After June 30, 2006, Lessons in American Music will be available from Rowman & Littlefield Education at a 30% discount until September 30, 2006. Call 800-462-6420 or visit www.rowmaneducation.com for other ordering options.
For more information call 1-800-336-3768 or visit www.menc.org.
MENC: The National Association for Music Education, the world™s largest arts education organization, is the only association that addresses all aspects of music education. More than 120,000 members represent all levels of teaching from preschool to graduate school. Since 1907, MENC has worked to ensure that every student has access to a well-balanced, comprehensive, and high-quality program of music instruction taught by qualified teachers. MENC™s activities and resources have been largely responsible for the establishment of music education as a profession, for the promotion and guidance of music study as an integral part of the school curriculum, and for the development of the National Standards for Arts Education.
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