This Too is Music

This Too is Music inspires teachers to foster playful settings where young students can thrive as improvisers, critical listeners, performers, and composers. Told through anecdotes and illustrated with examples, the book quells any doubts teachers may have regarding their abilities to create an environment where children can grow as musicians.

Rena Upitis is Professor of Education at Queen's University. She has advanced diplomas in piano and vocal performance and has taught elementary school music in both Canada and the United States. Her research and curriculum projects have explored teacher, artist, and student transformation through the arts. Author of six books, she has secured over $8 million dollars in research funding, and currently serves as Principal Investigator for the project called Transforming Music Education with Digital Tools.

- List of Figures
- List of Video Clips
- Acknowledgements
- Overture: By Word of Introduction
- Chapter 1: On the Teaching of Music
- Chapter 2: A Music Playground
- Chapter 3: Music and Movement
- Chapter 4: Trust and Risk
- Chapter 5: Performance
- Chapter 6: Improvisation - Play First, Write Later
- Chapter 7: A Community of Practice to Support Notational Development
- Chapter 8: Stages of Notational Development
- Chapter 9: Bridging Invented Notations to Standard Notation
- Chapter 10: Creating Music with Technology
- Chapter 11: Music and Story
- Chapter 12: Developing the Singing Voice
- Chapter 13: Making Instruments - Sound and Symbol
- Chapter 14: Teachers as Mentors
- Coda: Music as Evolution
- References
- Index