Michigan Music Educator


President Kelli Graham


8358 Riverbend Drive Portland, MI 48875 C) 517-862-1920 W) 517-688-3521 kelli.t.graham@gmail.com


President-Elect Karen Salvador


University of Michigan-Flint 126 French Hall, 303 E. Kearsley Street Flint, MI 48502 C) 517-862-1982 ksalvado@umflint.edu


Acting Past President Christina Hornbach


Hope College Department of Music 127 East 12th Street Holland, MI 49422


C) 517-803-2325 O) 616-395-7650 hornbach@hope.edu


Secretary


Lindsey Micheel-Mays 1006 West Washington Avenue Jackson, MI 49203


H) 734-330-4342 O) 517-764-5200 lmicheelmays@sbcglobal.net


Treasurer Lisa DuPrey 404 Aloha


Davison, MI 48423 C) 586-524-2837 W) 810-591-0839 lduprey@davisonschools.org


Executive Director Cory L. Micheel–Mays 1006 West Washington Avenue Jackson, MI 49203 O) 517-748-6518


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The Michigan Music Education Association is the federated state unit of The National Association for Music Education, 1806 Robert Fulton Drive, Reston, Virginia, 20191 • (703) 860-4000 www.nafme.org


v. 53, no. 2 winter 2016


Contents


departments 2


From the Editor 6


President’s Message


columns 23: General Music Research to “Real Life”: Implications of Recent Research for Elementary General Music


28: Instrumental Should I Continue With Marching Band After High School? Points to Consider as I Decide


31: Choral Producing an Alumni Musical: An Interview with Judy Roelofs


35: Higher Education A Report on the 2015 Society for Music Teacher Education Symposium


articles


8 Traversing the Piranha-Infested Waters of Classroom Management


Three 15


Guitar Education Roundtable: Thoughts on Guitar Ensemble


news 3


Advertising & Corporate Sponsorship


5


MMEA Board Members 7


Editorial Board 14


MCACA Grant 21


Edwin Gordon Obituary 27


MMEA Awards 33


MMC MMEA Conference Events 37


Guidelines for Submitting Articles


Outside Back Cover MMEA Calendar


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