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Music Career Resources @ Pitt: Careers in Music Education

Careers in Music Education

Resources are divided into Journals, General Music Education Resources, Voice/Choral Pedagogy, Childhood and K-12 Music Education, Band, Choral and Orchestral Direction, and Instrumental Pedagogy

Journals

Childhood and K-12 Music Education

Music in Childhood by Patricia Shehan Campbell; Carol Scott-Kassner
Call Number: MT1 .C226 2014 (Johnstown Campus)
Introduction to Music Education by Charles R. Hoffer
Call Number: MT1 .H723 2009
Threading the Concept by Debra Hedden
Call Number: MT1 .H39 2010
Music in Childhood by Patricia Shehan Campbell; Carol Scott-Kassner
Call Number: MT1 .C226 2014 (Johnstown Campus)
Music Outside the Lines by Maud Hickey
Call Number: MT155 .H55 2012

General Music Education Resources

National Association for Music Education

Hear, Listen, Play! by Lucy Green
Ebook version available. Click title to read online.
The Musical Experience by Janet R. Barrett (Editor); Peter R. Webster (Editor)
Ebook version available. Click title to read online.
Composing Our Future by Michele Kaschub (Editor); Janice Smith (Editor)
Call Number: MT40 .C715 2013

Band, Choral, and Orchestral Direction

College Band Directors National Association

Crowd Control by Susan L. Haugland
Focuses on middle and high school performance groups.
Ebook version available. Click title to read online.
Quick Reference for Band Directors by Ronald E. Kearns
Call Number: MT733 .K43 2011
Conducting and Rehearsing the Instrumental Music Ensemble by John F. Colson
Call Number: MT85 .C73 2012

Voice/Choral Pedagogy

Choral Pedagogy, Third Edition by Brenda Smith; Robert Sataloff
Call Number: MT875 S63 2013
Singing and Teaching Singing by Janice L. Chapman
Call Number: MT820 C49 2012

Instrumental Pedagogy

Teaching of Instrumental Music by Richard J. Colwell; Michael Hewitt
Call Number: MT170 .C64 2011
Instrumental Teaching by Janet Mills
Call Number: MT170 .M43 2007