Michigan Music


Educator Contents v. 55, no. 3 summer 2018


President 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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Departments 2 From the Editor 6 President’s Message


Columns


13 General Music Autism and the Music Classroom -- Denise Wilkinson


18 Instrumental Team Building and Leadership Development within the Ensemble -- Bryan Akers


20 Choral Vocal Health 101 -- Charles E. Norris


23 Policy/Advocacy Te Advocacy Potential of the Elementary Music Classroom--Beth Gibbs


26 Books & Media Technology Resources for Collabora- tive and Creative Music Making-- Anand Sukumaran


30 NAfME Collegiate Observations from Recent Hires in Music Education -- Eric Rothacker


32 Research MMC 2018 Research Symposium: Presentations and Poster Session Abstracts -- Shannan Hibbard


Articles


7 Vitality: Reviving the Life in Your Teaching -- Peggy D. Bennett and Vicky Suarez


10 Music and Senior Citizens: Research Findings and Comsiderations for Music Education -- Lisa J. Lehmberg


News 3 Editorial Board 5 MMEA Board Members 17 Fall Workshop Flier 29 Advertising & Sponsorship 38 Guidelines for Submitting Articles


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