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Collection descriptions

COLLECTIONS

Alphabetical by Collecting Area

Band Music Education: Print Resources
Band Music Education: Recordings and Visual Materials
Early Childhood Music Education
Film and Television Music: Composition and Arranging
General Music K-12
Instrumental Music Scores and Related Print Resources
Jazz Education
Methods of Teaching: Chamber Music Resources
Methods of Teaching: Choral/Vocal Resources
Methods of Teaching: Solo Instrumental Resources
Music and Multiculturalism
Music Education Curriculum Guides
Music Theory
Music Therapy
Musical Theater
Physical and Mental Health for Musicians


Collection Descriptions

Band Music Education: Print Resources

This collection consists of full scores for over 200 essential band compositions presented in the Teaching Music Through Performance in Band textbook series, volumes 1-3.

Holding institution: VanderCook College of Music

Band Music Education: Recordings and Visual Materials

This collection consists of DVDs and CDs that feature pedagogical approaches to band performance and examples of well-known ensembles in performance.

Holding institution: Chicago State University

Early Childhood Music Education

This collection consists of print and media resources.

Holding institution: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Film and Television Music: Composition and Arranging

This collection consists of monographs and scores that focus on this genre, the composers heavily involved in this discipline and the history, criticsm and analysis of these composers and their works.

Holding institution: Columbia College

General Music K-12

This collection consists of pedagogical and reference materials centering on the elementary and secondary general music classes.

Holding institution: Roosevelt University

Instrumental Music Scores and Related Print Resources

This collection consists of instrumental music scores, primarily chamber music, and related print resources.

Holding institution: North Central College

Jazz Education

This collection consists of jazz education materials, particularly DVDs, videos and books with an emphasis on biographical, performance, and historical jazz perspectives.

Holding institution: Southern Illinois University

Methods of Teaching: Chamber Music Resources

This collection consists of books, musical scores, scores with parts sets, and related media materials for 20th century chamber music literature.

Holding institution: Eastern Illinois University

Methods of Teaching: Choral/Vocal Resources

This collection consists of books and videos on vocal pedagogy and choral conducting, as well as books, scores and sound recordings on choral literature.

Holding institution: DePaul University

Methods of Teaching: Solo Instrumental Resources

This collection consists of materials in all formats that prepare students to be competent music teachers who understand and are able to demonstrate skill in music theory and practice. These materials focus on teaching proper instrumental technique including proper posture, breathing techniques, intonation, articulation, fingering, sticking, or bowing, proper care and assembly of instruments, written and performing knowledge of basic music symbols, and performance expectations like expressiveness, balance and blend, phrasing, technique, etiquette, conducting, selection, rehearsal, community service, and listening.

Holding institution: McKendree College

Music and Multiculturalism

This collection consists of print materials and sound recordings, including monographs, scores, dissertations, and K-12 instructional materials.

Holding institution: Northern Illinois University

Music Education Curriculum Guides

This collection consists of music education curriculum guides from school districts around the country, grades K-12.

Holding institution: Augustana College

Music Theory

This collection consists of scholarly materials, print and other formats, appropriate for college students enrolled in advanced music theory courses; and instructional materials which can be used in the classroom to teach music theory fundamentals.

Holding institution: Elmhurst College

Music Therapy

This collection consists of music therapy materials, print and audiovisual.

Holding institution: Western Illinois University

Musical Theater

This collection consists of piano/vocal scores and director/conductor scores of musical theater works. The collection also includes DVDs and videos of musical theater productions and compilations/histories about American musical theater.

Holding institution: Parkland College

Physical and Mental Health for Musicians

This collection consists of books, dissertations, videos and DVDs which instruct performers how to deal with performance anxiety, repetitive movement injuries, posture and body strains, tendonitis, carpal tunnel syndrome, bursitis, tension relief and muscle control. The nature of the collection covers various subject areas, including music performance, anxiety psychology, Alexander technique, stresses of repetitive movement, music therapy, and self-motivation and tension release.

Holding institution: Illinois State University

 

Webmaster: Don Widmer
VanderCook College of Music
3140 S. Federal Street
Chicago, IL 60616
dwidmer@vandercook.edu

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Updated: May 30, 2006