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Laura Marceau
LIS 518
20 April 2013

Music Pedagogy
Scope Note
For anyone who has studied music the transition from student to teacher can be
especially rewarding. It can also be difficult and confusing. Just knowing and understanding
music is not enough to be able to impart that knowledge on someone else. The art of teaching
(called pedagogy) for music is especially difficult because there are several very different facets,
all of which are equally important. These facets include technique, theory, history, and
performance. This pathfinder focuses on different sources for music pedagogy in general to
help the up and coming music teacher start on his/her new career.

Introduction to the Topic
Michael Mark & Patrice Madura, Music Education in Your Hands: An Introduction for Future
Teachers, (New York: Routledge, 2010).

Subject Headings
Music - Instruction and Study
Music Teachers

Handbooks, encyclopedias, and dictionaries
International Who's Who in Music. Volume 2: Popular Music; Tyler, Sean, ed.; Annual, 1996-.
ISBN 0-9488-75-07.

The Story of Music; Flanders, Julian, ed.; 2001; 10 volumes; ISBN 0-7172-9559-1.

Journals
Journal of Music Theory Pedagogy, 1987, Annually, ISSN: 0891-7639

Learning and Teaching: An International Journal of Classroom Pedagogy, 2006, Semi-annually,
ISSN: 1832-2751.

Abstracts and indexes
International Index to Music Periodicals, 1996, Monthly, ISSN: 1528-3135

Australian Education Index (Online), 1979, Monthly, ISSN: N/A.
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Search terms for Indexes:
Music Education
Music Pedagogy
Music teachers

Government information
National Arts and Humanities Youth Program Awards, President's Committee on the Arts and
the Humanities, 2013, http://www.nahyp.org/

Beyond Attendance: A Multi-modal Understanding of Arts Participation, National Endowment
for the Arts, 2011, http://www.nea.gov/research/Arts-At-Risk-Youth.pdf.

Associations
National Association for Music Education (NAFME)
http://www.nafme.org/
1806 Robert Fulton Dr.
Reston, VA 20191
Tel: 703-860-4000 or 800-336-3768
Fax: 703-860-1531.
Hours of operation: Mon-Fri 8:00 A.M. - 4:30 P.M. ET

Notes: It is impossible to describe what this association has to offer in a few words. Available
for free on their website are lesson plans, standards for education, performance copyright
information, concert etiquette, and over 35 different musical publications.

Music Teachers National Association (MTNA)
http://www.mtna.org/
441 Vine St., Ste. 3100
Cincinnati, OH 45202
Tel: 513-421-1420 or 888-512-5278
Fax: 513-421-2503
Email: mtnanet@mtna.org

Notes: Unfortunately there is not much freely accessible information to non-members. There is
access to teaching tips and a music directory, but not much else. Membership costs
approximately 100 dollars for a year (total varies by state). Members have access to two
professional journals, networking, credit card services for studios, and much more.
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Primary sources
Declaration of Intention of Maria von Trapp. (Declaration of intention of Citizenship). Retrieved
from:
http://docsteach.org/documents/596198/detail?menu=closed&mode=search&sortBy=r
elevance&q=music&commit=Go&page=2

1831 Drawing of a "Harp Guitar", submitted by E.N. Sheer with his patent application. Retrieved
from:
http://docsteach.org/documents/594917/detail?menu=closed&mode=search&sortBy=r
elevance&q=music&commit=Go&page=2