Thinking Outside the Voice Box - Adolescent Voice Change in Music Education

In this practical teaching guide for voice teachers and choir directors, author Bridget Sweet encourages a holistic approach to female and male adolescent voice change.

About the author

Bridget Sweet is Associate Professor of Music Education at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign where she teaches music education pedagogy, including choral methods and literature, middle-level general music methods, graduate courses in music education, as well as a course focused on the development of healthy practices for all musicians. Sweet has worked extensively with adolescent singers as a teacher, clinician, and adjudicator. She is author of Growing Musicians: Teaching Music in Middle School and Beyond (2016) and her research interests include middle level choral music education, female and male adolescent voice change, educating and empowering adolescent music students, and intersections of diversity and the music classroom.

Summary

In this practical teaching guide for voice teachers and choir directors, author Bridget Sweet encourages a holistic approach to female and male adolescent voice change.

Additional text

Thinking Outside the Voice Box offers the choral music educator refreshed and valuable information and ideas for understanding and teaching the complete adolescent undergoing voice change. Sweet's knowledgeable and uplifting approach makes the subject of this book both provocative and pleasant to read.

Product details

• Authors: Bridget Sweet, Bridget (Associate Professor of Music Educa Sweet, Sweet Bridget
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2019
• EAN: 9780190916374
• ISBN: 978-0-19-091637-4
• No. of pages: 224
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Education system; MUSIC / Instruction & Study / General, Teaching of a specific subject, Techniques of music / music tutorials / teaching of music, Techniques Of Music / Music Tutorials, EDUCATION / Teaching / Subjects / General