Episode 1: Recruitment and Retention
Show Notes
We talk briefly about"informance" (as opposed to "performance"); if you're not familiar with this, Victoria Boler's blog post about informance is a helpful resource.
Christopher Selby's must-have book, Habits of a Successful Orchestra Director, can be found here.
We mention Responsive Classrooms, but in recent years this has been renamed as Developmental Designs K-12. More info can be found here. Even if your school district doesn't use the Origins SEL curriculum, The Advisory Book has many other engaging activities beyond "Rare Birds."
Another great SEL music resource that we didn't get a chance to mention, Music for All, has a series of webinars, including one featuring John Feierabend.
Christopher Edmin's book, For White Folks Who Teach in the 'Hood... can be found here.
Read about Feierabend's 30 year plan as it applies to infants and toddlers here.
References
Dillon, J. A. & Kriechbaum, C. B. (1978). How to Design and Teach a Successful String and Orchestra Program. Kjos West/Neil A Kjos, Jr. Publishers
Edmin, C. (2016) For White folks who teach in the hood - and the rest of y'all too: Reality pedagogy and urban education. Boston, Massachusetts : Beacon Press.
Feierabend, J. (2000). First steps in music for early elementary: The curriculum. Chicago: GIA Publications, Inc.
Hartley, L. A., & Porter, A. M. (2009). The influence of beginning instructional grade on string student enrollment, retention, and music performance. Journal of Research in Music Education, 56(4), 370–384. https://doi-org.library.lakeland.edu/10.1177/0022429408329134
Poliniak, S. (2012). Secrets of retention. Teaching Music, 19(4), 40–45.
Selby, C. (2017). Habits of a Successful Orchestra Director. (S. Rush, Ed.). Chicago: GIA Publications, Inc.
Toyne, S. (2021). Music. In Cuthbert A. & Standish A. (Eds.), What Should Schools Teach?: Disciplines, subjects and the pursuit of truth (pp. 103-121). London: UCL Press. doi:10.2307/j.ctv14t475s.13