The Music Teaching Artist's Bible Becoming a Virtuoso Educator

Contents

• Part I: Context
• 1 What is a Teaching Artist?
• 2 Teaching Artists in the Arts Learning Ecosystem
• 3 Guidelines for Teaching Artistry
• 4 The Best Reason for Being a Teaching Artist
• 5 Balancing the Two Economies of Today's Musician
• Part II: The Overlooked Essentials
• 6 Role Play: The Four Angles in Arts Learning
• 7 Inside the Liminal Zone
• 8 The Habits of Mind of Musical Learning
• 9 The Essential Skills of the 21st Century Artist
• 10 Creating the Playground
• Part III: Learning to Be a Teaching Artist
• 11 The Entry Point Question--Where to Begin?
• 12 A Teaching Artist's Curriculum
• 13 What Does Better Look Like?
• 14 Mentoring: Myths and Mission
• Part IV: The Fundamentals of Working in Education Settings
• 15 Truth and Dare in Education Programs
• 16 How to Succeed in School Environments
• 17 Getting Schooled on School Performances
• 18 Art for Art's Sake or for the School's Sake?
• 19 Blind Dates, Steady Dating, and Musical Marriages
• Part V: Current Challenges
• 20 Arts Integration: The Hot Zone
• 21 Reflecting on Reflection
• 22 The Dos and Don'ts of Assessment
• 23 Feedback: Giving and Getting It Right
• Part VI: Bringing Teaching Artistry into Performances
• 24 Fuller Audience Engagement: What Does It Look Like?
• 25 Speak Up or Shut Up?: Using Words in Performance
• 26 Interactive Performances
• 27 The Very Open Rehearsal
• Part VII Expanding the Roles of the Teaching Artist
• 28 The Essential Educational Entrepreneur
• 29 The Private Music Lesson
• 30 The Everyday Advocate
• 31 The Telling Facts of Advocacy
• Part VIII Beyond the Borders
• 32 They Take the High Road
• 33 The Planet Gets It Together
• 34 The Guiding Spirit
• Index