2023–2024 World Music Pedagogy Courses
The World Music Pedagogy course weaves together experiences in music, cultural meaning, and culturally sensitive pedagogical strategies, and provides for active listening episodes leading to participatory, performative, and creative musical experiences—all tailored to fit learners of various ages and experiences. The course emphasizes the teaching of global-local music for intercultural understanding, and attends to culturally relevant pedagogy as it pertains to music education practices. Featured resources in the course are selections from the reserves of Smithsonian Folkways Recordings and the World Music Pedagogy series of books/recording links, all directed to the ways of knowing the world of music, in music, and through music. All are welcome, including music educators, all-subject educators, artist-musicians, applied ethnomusicologists, curricular designers, community organizers, and all who are seeking further insights on musical-cultural diversity, equity, and inclusion.
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Schedule
June 24th–26th - Teaching Music/Teaching Culture (Online)
July 8th–12th (tentative) - Texas State University
Unless otherwise stated, all courses will be held in person.
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Online Webinar Course
World Music Pedagogy Mini Session Series
Dates: Periodic Saturday mornings 2023–2024
Location: Online, Delivered by Zoom
Course Directors: Amanda C. Soto and Patricia Shehan Campbell
Description:
In response to teacher requests, four Saturday morning WMP special-topic sessions are now scheduled for Autumn–Winter, on the following topics:
*Chicano, Cajun & zydeco, and the blues
*Mariachi Music of Mexico
*Korean Songs, Stories, and Samulnori
*Folk Songs (Sthayi) and Stories from IndiaJoin us for any or all of the three-hour sessions, and come away with ready-made lessons for use in Teaching Music/Teaching Culture to students in K–8 elementary and middle school classrooms. Click here for more info Online Mini-Sessions.
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Online Webinar Course
World Music Pedagogy: Teaching Music/Teaching Culture
Dates: June 24–26
Location: Online, Delivered by Zoom
Course Directors: Amanda C. Soto and Patricia Shehan Campbell
Description:
Join ethnomusicologists, educators, traditional artists, and culture-bearers in a webinar course on World Music Pedagogy: Teaching Music/Teaching Culture. With multiple music and pedagogy sessions in each of the courses, participants will explore the application of diversity issues for their relevance to teaching music to children and youth in elementary and secondary schools. Course sessions will lead to the development of teaching/learning content and process via the five dimensions of World Music Pedagogy, with attention to cultural histories, contexts, and sensibilities. By stepping up attention to *culture*, the musical education of all children and youth in general music classrooms, choral and instrumental ensembles, and various other school courses can emphasize both musical and cultural understandings. This webinar will advance understandings while inviting an open exchange on questions of music, education, and culture.* Course participants will hear from/dialogue with a diverse faculty online whose specializations include topics of (a) teaching the world’s musical cultures (WMP), (b) matters of social justice and music education, (c) issues pertinent to culturally responsive teaching and culturally sustaining pedagogies in music, (d) cultural histories, contexts and meanings of songs, rhythms, and instrumental works of many cultures, and (e) pedagogical styles and strategies that meet the needs of learners of various experiences.Course Faculty (Coming soon):
Please click here for course registration.
For more information, please email Dr. Amanda C Soto (asoto@txstate.edu) or Dr. Patricia Shenan Campbell (pcamp@uw.edu).
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Texas State University
World Music Pedagogy: Teaching Music/Teaching Culture
Dates: July 8–12 (tentative)
Location: San Marcos, Texas
Course Director: Amanda C. Soto
Description:
With multiple music and pedagogy sessions in each of the courses, participants will explore the application of diversity issues for their relevance to teaching music to children and youth in elementary and secondary schools. Course sessions will lead to the development of teaching/learning content and process via the five dimensions of World Music Pedagogy, with attention to cultural histories, contexts, and sensibilities. By stepping up attention to *culture*, the musical education of all children and youth in general music classrooms, choral and instrumental ensembles, and various other school courses can emphasize both musical and cultural understandings. This webinar will advance understandings while inviting an open exchange on questions of music, education, and culture.Tentative Course Faculty:
Patricia Shehan Campbell - Sampling World Music, Pedagogy
Genaro Gonzalez - Steel Pan Experiences
Gordon Jones - Balinese Gamelan Experiences
John A. Lopez - Latin American Percussion Rhythms
Jordan Stern, Texas Country Music - Song Writing & Pop Arrangement
Amanda C. Soto - Conjunto, Social Justice, Pedagogy, Technology
For more information, please email Dr. Amanda C Soto (amandasoto1@gmail.com).
Please click here to learn more and register.
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