Routledge New Directions in Music Education Series
About the Book Series
The Routledge New Directions in Music Education Series consists of concise monographs that attempt to bring more of the wide world of music, education, and society into the discourse in music education.
Becoming a YouTube Musician: How People Learn, Create, and Connect Online
1st Edition
By Christopher Cayari
July 28, 2025
As the most-visited social media site on the internet, the video-sharing platform YouTube has become a highly influential space for musicmaking and learning. Becoming a YouTube Musician: How People Learn, Create, and Connect Online explores how YouTube creators and viewers are using digital video ...
Flourishing in Music Education: Lessons from Positive Psychology
1st Edition
By H. Christian Bernhard II
October 09, 2024
Flourishing in Music Education: Lessons from Positive Psychology presents research, theory, and best practices about potential pitfalls, as well as strategies for how successful music teachers can negotiate issues in the wake of the COVID-19 climate, both on a daily and long-term basis. Masked and...
Meanings of Music Participation: Scenarios from the United States
1st Edition
Edited
By C. Victor Fung, Lisa J. Lehmberg
October 08, 2024
This book uncovers the multifaceted nature of music participation through a collection of studies in a wide variety of musical contexts across the United States. The contributors combine personal voices and vivid narratives with scholarship to present many potential meanings of music participation,...
Music Lessons for a Living Planet: Ecomusicology for Young People
1st Edition
By Daniel J. Shevock, Vincent C. Bates
August 16, 2024
This volume shows music educators how music teaching and learning can help address humanity’s greatest challenge—the ecological crisis. It provides the essential background knowledge in ecomusicology, from compositions about nature, soundscape experiences, activist songs, to practical lesson ideas....
Holistic Musical Thinking: A Pedagogical Model for Hands-On and Heart-Felt Musical Engagement: Routledge New Directions in Music Education Series
1st Edition
By Daniel C. Johnson
August 06, 2024
Holistic Musical Thinking presents a comprehensive view of how people engage with music from a hands-on and heart-felt perspective. This approach embraces the teaching and learning processes as a multi-dimensional amalgamation of knowing, doing, and feeling through musical experiences. The result ...
Managing Stress in Music Education: Routes to Wellness and Vitality
1st Edition
By H. Christian Ii, Bernhard
May 06, 2022
Managing Stress in Music Education presents research, theory, possible pitfalls, and strategies for music teachers looking to navigate the challenging climate of potential stressors. Covering a wide range of topics such as sleep, physical movement, nutrition, happiness, gratitude, and mindfulness,...
Eudaimonia: Perspectives for Music Learning
1st Edition
Edited
By Gareth Dylan Smith, Marissa Silverman
December 13, 2021
Eudaimonia: Perspectives for Music Learning asserts the fertile applications of eudaimonia—an Aristotelian concept of human flourishing intended to explain the nature of a life well lived—for work in music learning and teaching in the 21st century. Drawing insights from within and beyond the field ...