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An edition of Teaching Music with Purpose (2006)

Teaching Music with Purpose

conducting, rehearsing and inspiring

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Like his first critically acclaimed international best seller Teaching Music With Passion, Boonshaft's newest book is even more poignant and powerful. This latest work is both inspirational and instructional and will definitely warm your heart and transform your teaching. - Back cover.

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English
Pages
244

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Teaching Music with Purpose: conducting, rehearsing and inspiring
August 1, 2006, Meredith Music Publications, a division of G. W. Music, Inc.
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Table of Contents

Foreword / James Swearingen
Preface : A little old man who knew
From muddy waters
"Education is fundamentally an imaginative act of hope"
Dwelling on dreams
The "big rocks" concept
It's all in how you see it
"Motidispiration" : motivation, discipline and inspiration
Percussionists : the missing "peace"?
Draw them to you
The parable of the Tandoori chicken
"One moment of anger"
Conducting : "Speak sparingly and carry a meaningful stick"
A conductor's warm-up
Independence of hands
"But I'm yelling as nicely as I can!"
Forty-two stones and an empty jar
"When...?" or "When...!"
Routine can be comfortable and deadly
"Spoon-feeding..."
"If you've told a child..."
The intermittent rehearsal
Who's responsible?
"The goal is not to be understood"
Excellence
The flames of growth
"But this is only a rehearsal!"
"The view from the mountaintop"
"Not again : better"
"A ship in port is safe..."
"Getting back on the horse and riding even harder"
Failure is opportunity turned upside-down
"Touch the wall"
"Without you, there never would have been a journey"
Why didn't I think of that?
Worry
Don't always think big
"When you wish upon a star..."
"Don't hide your light under a bushel"
Why do we teach?
"Even a fool knows you can't touch the stars..."
The list
Postlude
About the author

Edition Notes

Publisher no. HL00317162 (Hal Leonard)

Published in
Galesville, MD

Classifications

Library of Congress
MT85 .B662 2006

Contributors

Foreword
James Swearingen

The Physical Object

Format
Paperback
Pagination
xii, 243 p.
Number of pages
244
Dimensions
8.8 x 5.4 x 0.6 inches
Weight
10.4 ounces

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL8742058M
Internet Archive
teachingmusicwit00boon
ISBN 10
1574630768
ISBN 13
9781574630763
LCCN
2006930328
Library Thing
3150080
Goodreads
653614

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