Illinois Music Educators Association Conference, Peoria, IL
Handout: ILMEC2014-TheMindfulEar
Musical listening is an intimate interaction with sound in which students take in sonic events, process them through mind-body interactions, and draw meaning out of what they hear. Music is pervasive in our society and students regularly “listen” to music on their own media players. However, one may ask if they are actually listening. Add to this, many music teachers can be at a loss for ways to engage their students in meaningful and active listening experiences.
In this session, music educators will be exposed to different ways to craft creative and captivating listening experiences that allow their students to develop their listening skills. Educators will be introduced to an approach to listening instruction that posits multiple means of engagement: movement, journaling activities, listening guides/puzzle pieces, creative mapping, and group discussion. Concepts like repertoire selection, guided listening, independent listening, and listening as a mode of assessment for musical understanding will be addressed. The session will feature interactive research and anecdotally supported listening activities designed to help music educators foster sophisticated, creative, and critical listening skills that will not only enhance their leisurely listening, but also help them become more nuanced performers, improvisers, composers, and musical consumers.
Downloadable Files:
Rubrics: Listening Logs/Journaling:
Listening Guides:
Puzzles:
Listening Maps:
Handout: ILMEC2014-TheMindfulEar
Musical listening is an intimate interaction with sound in which students take in sonic events, process them through mind-body interactions, and draw meaning out of what they hear. Music is pervasive in our society and students regularly “listen” to music on their own media players. However, one may ask if they are actually listening. Add to this, many music teachers can be at a loss for ways to engage their students in meaningful and active listening experiences.
In this session, music educators will be exposed to different ways to craft creative and captivating listening experiences that allow their students to develop their listening skills. Educators will be introduced to an approach to listening instruction that posits multiple means of engagement: movement, journaling activities, listening guides/puzzle pieces, creative mapping, and group discussion. Concepts like repertoire selection, guided listening, independent listening, and listening as a mode of assessment for musical understanding will be addressed. The session will feature interactive research and anecdotally supported listening activities designed to help music educators foster sophisticated, creative, and critical listening skills that will not only enhance their leisurely listening, but also help them become more nuanced performers, improvisers, composers, and musical consumers.
Downloadable Files:
Rubrics: Listening Logs/Journaling:
- Drawing Journal
- Plot Mountain Journal
- 1st Grade LL
- 2nd Grade LL
- 3rd Grade LL
- 4th Grade LL
- 5th Grade LL
Listening Guides:
Puzzles:
Listening Maps:
- Check out D. Blair’s website
- read J. Kerchner’s book “Music Across the Senses”
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