General Music with Dr. Virginia Davis

How do we bring musical experiences to students in the general music room?  How do we get their input and help them learn musical content that they enjoy? 

Dr. Virginia Davis shares how we can give our older opportunities to share what they want to learn, use our strengths as teachers to provide possibilities, and shares about the importance of enjoying personal musicianship outside of the classroom. She made me think about several things in regards to teacher comfort, student perspective about music, and how to use music that students relate to or listen to outside of the classroom.

Links

Book: Fertile Ground in Middle Level Music by Stephanie Cronenberg

Email: [email protected]

Research: Academia.edu 

Dr. Virginia Davis Bio:

Dr. Virginia Wayman Davis is Professor of Music Education at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, where she teaches courses in music education and research for undergraduate and graduate students. She is on the editorial board of The Journal of Popular Music Education and the advisory board of the Desert Skies Symposium on Research in Music Education. Dr. Davis is published in the Bulletin of the Council for Research in Music Education, General Music Today/Journal of General Music Education, The Journal of Popular Music Education, The Journal of Music Teacher Education, and several others, in addition to several upcoming authored and edited books and book chapters. Her research interests include meaningful music education practices, secondary general music, drumming and percussion, and popular music education. Dr. Davis stays active as a musician, currently playing percussion with the Valley Symphony Orchestra and her faculty pop/rock band The Minör Revisiöns.

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