Volume 3, Issue No. 31

Community, Ritual, and Motivation

  • Self-Determination Theory in Secondary Classroom Music

    In this article, learn about Self-Determination Theory (SDT) and how it can improve motivation and engagement in secondary classroom music. The author provides specific examples of ways to implement SDT in music instruction.

  • Taking Your Act On the Road And Getting It Together

    Performers on a Broadway National Tour talk about their behaviors to maintain vocal health while on the road.

  • Why Won't They Just Practice?

    As long as instrumental music education has existed, teachers have tried to get their students to practice their instruments. Practice logs should work right?

  • Voices of Change: Impacting the Communities We Serve (Part 1)

    This article consists of a panel discussion on the series “Identity and Inclusion in Choral Spaces: Pathways to Lasting Change.” Here, choral directors from diverse backgrounds share experiences providing insight into DEI's efforts in the choral space.

  • The Power of Peers: Integrating Peer-Assisted Learning in the Orchestra

    Saccardi recommends a peer-assisted learning (PAL) approach on a larger scale to address today’s student learning needs. PAL is an approach that encourages more student engagement by having students reinforce the learning that has taken place in the teacher-led phase of the lesson. Saccardi offers a variety of student-led approaches so educators are not stuck with a, “one size fits all methodology” (2023, p. 25).