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Create a meaningful, accessible, and joyful middle school music program that will motivate students to enthusiastically engage using practical strategies and lessons. A welcome guide for navigating the exciting landscape of middle school general music, this book offers strategies and lessons that have been created in the real world of general music. Written by a veteran educator with decades of experience, it focuses on active and joyful engagement with music through composing, improvising, singing, playing instruments, listening, and making authentic connections. This 3rd edition includes new and updated content: - A framework for making instructional decisions based on the pedagogical principles of safety, voice, access, and rigor - Strategies for developing instructional units with templates and examples from the author’s practice - A love letter and survival guide for new teachers - Important revisions for today’s post-pandemic classrooms and compatibility with national and state standards Each section is full of tips and lessons to support middle schoolers in developing a life-long love of music. From instructional units to composition projects, rhythm games to listening lessons, there are plenty of strategies that are rigorous and easily adaptable to a range of contexts. Unit planning templates and an appendix of suggested resources empower teachers to design their own ways to invite middle-level students into the world of music. Additional materials include a compelling argument for the importance of middle school general music that can strengthen advocacy efforts, a framework for making pedagogically-sound instructional decisions, and tips to help leverage the developmental tendencies of young adolescents in creating a vibrant classroom culture.

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This book is an essential guide for music educators seeking to create vibrant and meaningful music-making experiences in today’s middle school general music classroom. McAnally offers a clear exploration of the ‘why’ and ‘how’ behind effective instruction, helping teachers design learning that resonates and fosters real student connection. I highly recommend this resource to all music teachers and to those in higher education teaching future teachers! -- Jenny L. Neff * Curriculum Supervisor of Humanities, Collegium Charter School *

This book is an essential guide for music educators seeking to create vibrant and meaningful music-making experiences in today’s middle school general music classroom. McAnally offers a clear exploration of the ‘why’ and ‘how’ behind effective instruction, helping teachers design learning that resonates and fosters real student connection. I highly recommend this resource to all music teachers and to those in higher education teaching future teachers! -- Jenny L. Neff * Curriculum Supervisor of Humanities, Collegium Charter School * Grounded in an authentic love for this age group, the profession, and the subject area, McAnally builds the case for schools and districts to make the critical commitment to general music education in middle schools. Readers will understand this call to action not as a simple box to check in a learning trajectory but, instead, as an essential component of a well-rounded education for students. -- Meredith Mehra * Deputy Chief Teaching & Learning, The School District of Philadelphia, USA * In this 3rd Edition, McAnally expertly shares pragmatic and practical lesson ideas that intentionally embrace a positive mindset about the capabilities of middle school students. Simply put, McAnally is an expert on middle school general music, and this book is a must-have resource to reinvigorate and inspire middle school music educators! -- Kathleen Melago * Professor of Education, Slippery Rock University, USA * Elizabeth Ann McAnally provides music teachers with a practical guide to teaching music at the middle school level. She provides a standards-based creative and engaging instructional guide that centers on the ideas of safety, voice, access, and rigor for today’s learners. Filled with lessons, rhythm games, and unit planning guides, this book is fantastic resource. -- Stacy A. Paparone * former Associate Chair and Professor of Music, Grove City College, USA * Passion for impactful music learning resounds through this book! McAnally shares a depth of expertise in both music education and administration valuable to all music educators. This 3rd edition purposefully weaves safety, voice, access, and rigor into the artistic processes that serve as the framework for the national and most state standards. -- O. David Deitz * fine arts education consultant, Pennsylvania Department of Education *

Author Information

Elizabeth Ann McAnally is a veteran urban educator with 35 years of service to the students and teachers in the School District of Philadelphia. Her professional experience includes teaching middle-school general and choral music, coaching and designing professional learning experiences for novice educators, and consulting for local arts organizations.

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