We Are . . . Mindful of the Critical Relationship between Repertoire and Curriculum
We Are . . . Mindful of the Critical Relationship between Repertoire and Curriculum
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10.1177/0027432119897248
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2020
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M. Kaschub
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by Michele Kaschub, MEJ Academic Editor www. nafme. org 9 teaching. Students also need to develop aural and notational literacies to support their work, along with historical and cul tural literacies to provide a contextual foundation for their musical actions. Furthermore, as 21stcentury musicians, they need to develop the technological literacies required to make, preserve, and disseminate their artistic products to audiences near and far. These skills and literacies are best developed within a welldesigned cur riculum that provides students opportu nities for direct experiences with music’s five “ings”: singing, playing, composing, listening, and improvising. Each of these interactions engages mind and body in ways that provide unique insights not available in the other roles. To attain the maximum value of these perspectives, students need opportunities to practice authentic rolebased musical behav iors. They need to do what musicians do. Whether they are naming what they hear, recalling aspects of music history or theory, or doing something else that is musical, the act of doing the work of a musician informs their ability to make informed artistic decisions. Students also need time to explain their think ing, apply their musical imagination and vision, and interpret musical works in their own ways. In totality, these expe riences allow learners to construct their own understandings of music’s affec tive impact, influence, and potential as means of human knowing. This under standing must be the foundation of the curriculum we offer, as it represents the core of music’s unique nature as well as its value to us as human beings. We cannot simply repeat easy phrases that allow us to program the hottest new publications or revisit the canoni cal library. 3 We must think deeply about how the music we select fits into a big ger picture. The curriculum we design for our students must present carefully considered repertoire to enliven and enlighten learners beyond this concert and the next: It must enlighten them for a life beyond our classrooms and rehearsal halls. This is a vision that we can all adopt as we look to the next visionary destination, for we are mind ful of the critical relationship between repertoire and curriculum.