
Teaching Music History Conference 2025: Conference Report and Resources
The 23rd Teaching Music History Conference (THMC) took place June 20-22, 2025 in New York City. This year, participants gathered online and in the AMS offices on the…
The 23rd Teaching Music History Conference (THMC) took place June 20-22, 2025 in New York City. This year, participants gathered online and in the AMS offices on the…
In memoriam by Anna Zayaruznaya To use, or not to use? That is the problem. We teachers know what textbooks are and what they aren’t; what they enable…
Many music history teachers quickly gained facility in the new teaching formats and modes during the pandemic, but change has not stopped. A “new normal,” which can involve face-to-face and hybrid class settings, as well as temporary periods with remote delivery, both invites and requires new and more flexible pedagogical approaches.
Many of us college music professors have struggled to create writing assignments that meet our pedagogical goals and engage students. As music teachers, we need to create equitable assignments that meet our students where they are, help them gain the skills that will be necessary for their success, and meet our course general objectives for thinking and writing about music. In this post, I discuss the rhetorical analysis assignment I use in my music appreciation sections and how I scaffold the informal low-stakes writing and research skills necessary for students to be successful.
By Alexandria Carrico, Katherine Grennell, and James Deaville
Turn Your Evals into a Research Tool
by Dr. Sara Haefeli
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