Creating Music

Children create music in individually unique ways, but also using common processes. Each creating process component stated in the United States’ National Music Standards (imagine, plan and make, evaluate and refine, and present; NCCAS, 2014) is explored in this text using children’s creations from China, India, Ireland, Mexico, and the United States as examples.

Patricia Riley is an associate professor of music and the coordinator of the music education program at the University of Vermont in Burlington. Previously, she taught at the Crane School of Music, the State University of New York at Potsdam and Green Mountain College in Poultney; and instrumental, general, and choral music for twenty years in the public schools of New Jersey and Vermont.

Foreword-Peter Webster Preface Part I The Why and How of Children's Music Creation Chapter 1: Creating Music is Important Chapter 2: Understanding the Processes of Music Creation Part II Exemplifying the Creating Process Components with Children's Compositionsand Improvisations From Around the World Chapter 3: Meeting the Children and Their Surroundings Chapter 4: Imagining Music Chapter 5: Planning and Making Music Chapter 6: Evaluating and Refining Music Chapter 7: Presenting Music Part III Facilitating Children's Creating Chapter 8: Crafting Creating Opportunities Chapter 9: Mentoring Student Creations References About the Author