Michigan Music Educator Karen Salvador


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


President-Elect Lisa Furman 2530 Zion Road


Rives Junction, MI 49277 C) 517-945-6959


lfurman@olivetcollege.edu


Immediate Past President Kelli Graham


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


Secretary


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


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


Treasurer Deidra Ross


1500 N. Getty Street Muskegon, MI 49445 C) 616-843-6263 rossd@reeths-puffer.org


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


cmicheelmays@sbcglobal.net


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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. 54, no. 1 fall 2016 President


Contents


departments 2


From the Editor 6


President’s Message


columns 17: General Music Re-Visioning Music Education Toward Social Justice


21: Instrumental A Positive, Student-Centric Process for Selection of Student Leaders


25: Choral On How We Choose Repertoire...


29: Jazz Teaching Jazz Improvisation for the First Time: Six Ear-Based Strategies for Finding the “Right Notes”


32: Collegiate


NAfME Collegiate Corner 33: Books & Media


Fitzpatrick-Harnish, K. (2015). Urban music education: A practical guide for teachers. Lind, V., & McKoy, C. (2016). Cultually


music education: From understanding to application


articles 9


Mindfulness in the Elementary Music Classroom


15


If We Build It They Will Come: Using Music Technology to Reach “The Other 80%” in Secondary School Programs


news 3


Editorial Board 5


MMEA Board Members 5


Advertising & Sponsorships 14


MCACA Grant 28


Elementary Honors Choir 36


MMC Research Symposium 37


Guidelines for Submitting Articles responsive teaching in


Inside Back Cover MMEA Calendar


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