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Giving Voice to Children's Artistry

A Guide for Music Teachers and Choral Conductors

Mary Ellen Pinzino (Founder/Director, Founder/Director, Come Children Sing Institute)

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Oxford University Press Inc
31 March 2022
This book presents a comprehensive view of children's musical artistry and how to develop it in both the music classroom and children's chorus. Author Mary Ellen Pinzino presents the musical mind as the gateway to children's artistry, addresses the power of movement in its embodiment and advancement, and shows how songDLrhythm, melody, and text, independently and togetherDLinfluence children's developing artistry musically, expressively, and vocally at every level. Accordingly, she also offers a multitude of specific songs that inspire children's artistry, all in various tonalities and meters and on a continuum of increasing difficulty.

Keeping the need for practical application in mind, Pinzino offers materials for implementation with children from kindergarten through seventh grade, as well as guidance for professional development. Content can be applied alongside any pedagogical methodology, as well as with older singers in the process of developing their own artistry. In short, this book makes the intangibles of children's artistry more tangible. It enables music teachers and choral conductors to draw artistry out of every child and draw every child into the choral art. It summons music teachers and choral conductors to bring artistry to the forefront of every music class and choral rehearsalDLand to the forefront of the field of music education as a whole.

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Imprint:   Oxford University Press Inc
Country of Publication:   United States
Dimensions:   Height: 216mm,  Width: 280mm,  Spine: 9mm
Weight:   372g
ISBN:   9780197606537
ISBN 10:   0197606539
Pages:   152
Publication Date:  
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Mary Ellen Pinzino is the Founder/Director of the Come Children Sing Institute, a center for research and development in music learning, and she directs the Institute's Online Teacher Education Center for professional development. She is the composer of the Come Children Sing Institute SONG LIBRARY, a full resource of songs for early childhood, elementary school, and children's chorus. She has done extensive classroom research on music learning and on song in the development of children's artistry. She is the author of the e-book Letters on Music Learning, a compilation of six years of publications for music teachers from the Come Children Sing Institute, and has done comprehensive writing on the process of music learning for the online courses and for various music educator organizations' publications. Mary Ellen has taught all ages from birth through graduate students, including many years of conducting children's choruses and teaching early childhood music, several years as conductor of high school and college choruses, and many years teaching teachers. She has presented nationally and internationally for music educators' organizations, including the American Choral Directors Association, the National Association for Music Education, the International Society for Music Education, the American Orff-Schulwerk Association, the Organization of American Kodaly Educators, Suzuki Institutes, the Gordon Institute for Music Learning, and music teacher conferences in Portugal, Indonesia, and Lithuania. She received Bachelor's and Master's degrees from the University of Illinois at Urbana/Champaign, and studied extensively with Edwin Gordon.

Reviews for Giving Voice to Children's Artistry: A Guide for Music Teachers and Choral Conductors

"""Approaching music teaching and learning through the portal of artistry is a desperately needed approach in teaching children. In this book, artistic spirit and the psychology of music learning become true partners. A landmark publication."" -- James Jordan, Professor, Westminster Choir College; Co-Director: The Choral Institute at Oxford ""This uniquely refreshing book offers meaningful perspectives into not just music teaching but something much more significant--cultivating children's artistry. Mary Ellen Pinzino's thoughtful insights and approaches, particularly to repertoire and teaching strategies, are certainly a major contribution to our profession!"" -- Joanne Rutkowski, Professor Emeritus of Music Education, Pennsylvania State University ""Perhaps the most salient aspect of this beautifully written book is the unwavering respect Mary Ellen Pinzino shows for the musical artistry of every child. The joy and wonder of music learning resonates on every page."" -- Roseanne Rosenthal, President, VanderCook College of Music ""Highly recommended! Sequential teaching and learning suggestions included. Compatible with Orff, Kodaly, Dalcroze, and Gordon. Challenges current and future music educators, choral conductors and children to greater musicality through unusual rhythms, thoughtful texts, and lovely melodies!"" -- Patricia Wurst Cichy, Assistant Professor of Music Education (retired), Providence College"


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