Becoming Human Through Music: The Wesleyan Symposium on the Perspectives of Social Anthropology in the Teaching and Learning of Music, Aug 6—10, 1984. Reston, VA: Music Educators National Conference (MENC), 1985. A truly fascinating collection of essays on teaching culture and music. Blacking,...

Carolyn McDade Music Crystal Spring Earth Learning Center 76 Everett Skinner Road Plainville, MA 02762 In Canada: 89 Green Street, Charlottetown, PEI, C1A 2G1 www.uua.org/uumnmailto:uumn@uumn.org">uumn@uumn.org 800-969-8866 UUMN offers support for music-related issues, including a booklet on staf...

Anderson, Cheryl P. Shaker Hymnal. Woodstock, NY: The Overlook Press, 1990. "Simple Gifts" is only one on many beautiful and profound Shaker songs. Barnwell, Ysaye, and George Brandon. Singing in the African American Tradition: Choral and Congregational Vocal Music. Woodstock, NY: Homespun Tapes,...

(Resources published by the Unitarian Universalist Association, UUA imprints, and other UU affiliates, including publishers and congregations, are available at the inSpirit Book and Gift Shop unless otherwise noted.) Bring Many Names: Music From Our Liberal Religious Tradition. Oakland, CA: First...

Choosing to embrace multiculturalism requires us to look at music and culture from many perspectives instead of just one. With a single cultural perspective we assume that everyone believes as we do and that we can use the same performance practices and standards for all music. With the...

Misappropriation refers to the misuse of music in which culture is the defining element. Culture defines all music. The differences between a Hindu raga and a Bach chorale are as much cultural as they are musical, and understanding and honoring these differences is vital. If we sing an Indian raga...

First, a review list of the song-teaching strategies you can try: The echo song The rote method Call-and-response Hand signs/movement/dance The zipper song Rounds The non-strategy Storytelling with songs Choose your song and decide on the best strategy for teaching it....

Storytellers have been combining songs and stories for millions of years, and to this day many cultures tell stories in song. Homer sang The Iliad. Praise singers in western Africa chant stories to local leaders, telling of the leaders' many achievements and ridiculing the achievements of their...

I have discussed many strategies for teaching songs, and so far I have left out one of the most common strategies: the one I call "the non-strategy." I don't know what else to call it; it literally means teaching a song without any strategy. How does one do this? Simple....

A partner song is made up of two songs that are sung at the same time. Dr. Ysaye Barnwell uses "Wade in the Water" and three other spirituals at the same time on her Singing in the African American Tradition CD collection (see Resources). Also see Joanne Hammil's Rounds & Partner Songs, Vols....

In a zipper song, most of the verse remains the same each time you sing it, but you substitute one or more words each time. "This Old Man" is a classic zipper song....

Adding body movements and hand signs to songs is an amazingly effective way to teach songs to both children and adults. It is especially effective when you are teaching songs that have a lot of words....