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Growing Musicians: Teaching Music in Middle School and Beyond 1st Edition

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Growing Musicians: Teaching Music in Middle School and Beyond focuses on teaching adolescents within the context of a music classroom, regardless of content area (orchestra, band, choir, or general music). It provides a look at the importance of music courses in the lives of adolescents as they navigate the path between being a child and an adult. As every music student is completely unique, there is no one-size-fits-all prescriptive way of working with this age group. Rather, music educators must approach adolescents with high musical standards and aspirations to learn and achieve within music; a willingness to honor the individuality of each adolescent musician; a sense of structure, but an ability to be flexible; a desire to foster and promote a safe classroom environment where students feel empowered to be themselves and speak openly about what they think and believe; an understanding that music classes are not only safe places where students learn how to become better musicians but also better people through musical experiences focused on humanity and empathy; and a dose of humor, or at least the ability to acknowledge that adolescents are extremely funny whether or not they realize it. In addition, this book encourages pre-service and practicing music educators to mindfully examine and better understand their own teaching practices.
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"Sweet gets at the very heart of working with adolescents in the music classroom. From handling the physical and emotional changes of this age group to the essential leadership role a nurturing music teacher can provide, this text guides readers on a journey to establishing a positive classroom climate that makes the most of these growing musicians. This is an absolutely essential text for anyone who might just be lucky enough to end up teaching in the middle."--Ann C. Clements, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Music Education, Pennsylvania State University

"Dr. Sweet's book is an important resource for music teachers, music teacher educators, and students preparing to teach. Foregrounding the richness and complexities of teachers' voices, Dr. Sweet examines topics and insights critical to understanding and working effectively with adolescents. She eloquently captures the spirited, loving, and multi-dimensional souls of adolescent musicians, their struggles and successes, and thoughtfully proposes pathways for teachers to support their futures."--Elizabeth Cassidy Parker, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Music Education, Temple University

"There is a particularly novel and highly useful element included in this book, namely the reflections and comments of a group of middle school music teachers who represent
a cross-section of those engaged in working with adolescents. Their anecdotes, tips, and humorous stories provide insights from those in the field. Many music educators will
agree that the best kind of professional development comes from observing and interacting with peers who do the same job, an all-too-infrequent occasion, yet one that frequently
leads to professional growth. Reading Sweet's book makes one feel as though these colleagues are sitting with us, reading along and commenting. This feature, along with
the author's clear writing style, make this a valuable volume, not just for middle school teachers, but for those teaching any level." -- ACDA Choral Journal

About the Author

Bridget Sweet is Assistant Professor of Music Education at the University of Illinois. She has worked extensively with adolescent singers as a teacher, clinician, and adjudicator. Her research interests include middle level choral music education, female and male adolescent voice change, educating and empowering adolescent music students, and the intersection of LGBTQ topics and the music classroom.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Oxford University Press; 1st edition (January 27, 2016)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 208 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0199372071
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0199372072
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 9.6 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 0.6 x 6.1 x 9.2 inches
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Bridget Sweet is Associate Professor of Music Education at University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign, Illinois. After completing her Bachelors Degree in Music Education at Western Michigan University, Dr. Sweet enjoyed a successful tenure as a middle school choir teacher for nearly ten years. Her interests in adolescent music education intensified during her Masters and Doctoral programs in Music Education at Michigan State University, which contributed to her research focused on characteristics of effective and exemplary middle-level music teachers. Prior to her work at the University of Illinois, Dr. Sweet was Assistant Professor of Music Education at Bucknell University in Lewisburg, PA. At the University of Illinois, Dr. Sweet teaches secondary music education pedagogy, including choral methods and literature, graduate courses in music education, as well as a course focused on the development of healthy practices for all musicians. She is a Licensed Body Mapping Educator through the Association for Body Mapping Education.

Dr. Sweet continues to work extensively with adolescent singers as a teacher, clinician, and conductor; she has been invited to conduct middle and high school All-State Choirs and Honors Choirs in many states. Dr. Sweet wrote the books Growing Musicians: Teaching Music in Middle School and Beyond (2016, Oxford University Press) and Thinking Outside the Voice Box: Adolescent Voice Change in Music Education (2020, Oxford University Press). Dr. Sweet’s research interests include middle level choral music education, [assigned at birth] female and male adolescent voice change, musician health and wellness, intersections of LGBTQ+ topics and the music classroom, as well as intersections of motherhood and academia. Her research has appeared in publications of Bulletin of the Council for Research in Music Education, Choral Journal, International Journal of Music Education: Research, Journal of Research in Music Education and Update: Applications of Research in Music Education. She has authored chapters within The Oxford Handbook of Qualitative Research in American Music Education (2014) and The Oxford Handbook of Care in Music Education. Dr. Sweet was initiated as a Friend of the Arts to the Sigma Alpha Iota International Music Fraternity (2021). She is a member of the Editorial Committee of the Bulletin of the Council of Research in Music Education, International Journal of Research in Choral Music, Journal of Research in Music Education, and Qualitative Research in Music Education.

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Kevin Scollin
5.0 out of 5 stars An absolute must-read for every current and prospective music educator
Reviewed in the United States on January 22, 2017
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Sweet's work is dynamic and engaging, based in sound research yet not jargony or overly academic, and loaded with real-world examples from current, active teachers of diverse backgrounds. Her voice, use of humor, and easy-to-follow organizational structure makes reading flow easily and naturally.

Every student goes through adolescence. It can be disarming and frightening for them, and challenging for their teachers and parents. "Growing Musicians" takes an in-depth look at this difficult time and allows the reader to feel profound empathy for students in this situation and, perhaps more importantly, to view adolescence in a positive, hopeful way.

This book should be in the hands of every current music teacher in the country, at every level. It should also be a required text for every collegiate introductory methods course at every university, not only for its breadth of knowledge, but also for its accessibility, its relevance, and its overall ability to impact the reader intellectually and emotionally. It is truly a gem of the music education profession that will stand the test of time.
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Parks Payton
5.0 out of 5 stars Sweet and the teachers she interviewed
Reviewed in the United States on January 22, 2017
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If you are a middle school music teacher of adolescents or a pre-service teacher, this is simply a must-read. This book is practical, heart-felt, sincere, and philosophical. Through this book, Dr. Sweet and the teachers she interviewed, provided me practical and quick changes I could make in my classroom to improve my craft while simultaneously giving me the opportunity to think about the broader philosophical choices I am making in the music classroom. Finally, this book affirms my work as a professional. I love teaching Middle School music and Dr. Sweet celebrates this job that, while often maligned, is indeed full of growth, daily challenges, love, loyalty, humor, and creativity. READ THIS BOOK!
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Olive Pancy
5.0 out of 5 stars This book has changed my life as a future educator.
Reviewed in the United States on May 23, 2017
My professor for my first intensive course on music education in the public schools added this as a required text for the course. She spoke at the beginning of the semester about what a great and inspiring read it was. She had made similar statements about many books before that hardly captured my interest, but in the first pages of Bridget Sweet's Growing Musicians, I was hooked.

I am about the enter my final year of my bachelor's degree in music education, and reading this book has entirely changed my perspective on working with adolescents in the setting of a music classroom. Sweet provides valuable insights on several approaches to music education in adolescence from many seasoned teachers. I have been introduced to many concepts I had not previously considered in my reading of this incredible work.

Until now, teaching young adolescent students seemed a daunting task that I was uncertain if I was willing to approach. Now, with a better grasp on the challenges but also the incredible reward one faces in working with this age group, I find myself reinvigorated, eager to nurture my future students with the concepts I have taken away from this read. Thank you, Dr. Sweet, for changing my life as an educator.
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