R&L Education / National Association for Music Education (NAfME)
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978-1-60709-578-1 • Paperback /CD-ROM • October 2010 • $36.00 • (£28.00)
978-1-60709-579-8 • eBook • October 2010 • $34.00 • (£26.00)
Rebecca E. Farrell is a third through fifth grade general music educator and district lead teacher for the Art and Music Departments at Palmyra-Macedon Central School District. She also is a competitive Irish dancer, a highly regarded clinician on performing and studying Irish music in Upstate New York, and a featured traditional singer on the double CD IrishRochester.
Chapter 1 Preface
Chapter 2 When Theory Meets Practice: The Application of Ethnomusicological Methods in the Classroom
Chapter 3 A Brief History of Ireland and its Effect on Irish Traditional Music
Chapter 4 Teaching at Home: The Transmission of Irish Traditional Music and Dance by Irish Teachers in Formal and Informal Settings
Chapter 5 Teaching Abroad: Introducing Irish Traditional Music and Dance to American Students
Chapter 6 Conclusion
Teaching a tradition is no longer a contradiction in terms. The author, having absorbed Irish traditional music and dance in a natural setting from a young age, is uniquely qualified by her professional education and field research, to define useful and practical methods that can be incorporated into a school curriculum. It is well done with the required sensitivity to preserving the tradition!
— Ted McGraw, Producer ?Irish Party House? radio show, N. American Archivist, Comhaltas Ceoltoiri Eireann