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For today's students to succeed tomorrow, they need a comprehensive education that includes music taught by exemplary music educators.

Music Education Vocabulary in the

21st Century

For today's students to succeed tomorrow, they need a comprehensive education that includes music taught by exemplary music educators.

Leyla Sanyer Leyla Sanyer has just completed her 33rd year of teaching orchestra in Wisconsin Public Schools; the last 23 of them in the Oregon School District. Curriculum encourages student ownership with instruction in classical performance, composition, improvisation, chamber music and alternative styles (jazz, rock, bluegrass, Celtic). Music is studied in such a way as to encourage interdisciplinary understandings along with a love for the complexities and beauty of music itself. Among her former students are teachers at all levels, performers and lovers of music.    Ms. Sanyer is serving as president elect of the Wisconsin Music Educators Association and is the national 2004 recipient of the Elizabeth A.H. Green Award from the American String Teachers Association. She has also served as southcentral vice-president and orchestra chair of the WMEA and chair of the Comprehensive Musicianship Through Performance Committee. Leyla is also violinist in the Madison based Oakwood Chamber Players as well as the Camerata String Quartet.

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Talking the Walk

In Search of a 21st Century Vocabulary for Music Education

Lesson vs. Small Group

Learnng PLAY MUSIC VS. STUDY MUSICDirector vs. Teacher

Program vs. Curriculum

Competition vs. Collaboration

Concertvs.

Assessment

Leyla Sanyer, Wisconsin MEAPresident Elect

Oregon High School Orchestra/music compositionOregon, WI

+As music educators, what do we know about the relationship between human beings and music?

“Music is a moral law. It gives soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, a

charm to sadness, gaiety and life to everything. It is the essence of order and lends to all that is good

and just and beautiful.”

~ Plato

“Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy.” ~ Ludwig van Beethoven

“Music is your own experience, your own thoughts, your wisdom. If you don't live it, it won't come out of your horn. They teach you there's a

boundary line to music. But, man, there's no boundary line to art.” ~ Charlie Parker

© Leyla Sanyer

+Traditional (The Way We Were) The Future (21st Century Skills)

Teacher centered curriculum

Service centered activities

Alignment with extra-curricular offerings

Emphasis on competition and extrinsic rewards

Performance as entertainment

Student centered curriculum

Study that results in understanding

Music study is academic and core for every child

Emphasis on collaboration and intrinsic responses

Variety of assessments including concerts

Memories ONWARD

© Leyla Sanyer

+21st Century Skills Let’s consider 7 Cs!!

Critical thinking

Communication

Collaboration

Creativity

Competency

College preparation

Culture

We know that the arts separate us

from other animals!!!

© Leyla Sanyer

+Vocabulary

Let’s Choose Words That: Align with other academic areas

Allow the curriculum to develop and move forward

Clearly connect to our mission as music teachers

Speak to the future and dreams of our students

Give our students the most rich and personal experience possible.

Connect to the culture of the audience and “consumer”

Convince others about the value of music education

© Leyla Sanyer

+The Power of Labelsa.k.a. Cognitive Linguistics

a.k.a. What do we call ourselves?

Pullouts Expert Services

General Music Core Music

Specials Essentials

Unified Arts The Rest of the Core

Exploratory Culmination or Continuation

Co-curricular Curricular

© Scott C. Shuler

+Music Education Vocabulary

for the 21st Century

Lessons  Small group learning Activities Coursework Program Classrooms Play music Study music Co- curricular Curricular Encore Academic/core Contest or concert  Assessment  Pieces or songs  Curriculum Coach/Conductor/Director Teacher/Educator Competitive  Collaborative Teacher centered Student centered Performing ensemble = team Performing ensemble =

class

My old words My new words

© Leyla Sanyer

+Consider your own setting. What word or two might you use instead of “concert” to advocate for what is happening in the music classroom?

“Concert”

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How could this change the way that you teach, the way students learn and how others view the curriculum?

+ With whom am I speaking?How do I choose my words?

My orchestra room provides a great space in which to play music and it really helps me to conduct the ensemble, teach lessons and prepare for concerts. The activities and lessons that I plan for the kids will give them a competitive edge over their peers from other schools.

Our orchestra room is a great environment for music study and the students are able to perfect their technique, work on performance outcomes and enjoy a collaborative atmosphere that will help them to discover the value of intrinsic motivation as they work toward long-term goals in the study of music.

© Leyla Sanyer

+You Can Effect Change Simply By Thinking About What You

Say!!

Choose Your Own

Vocabulary

Look at Your

District

Examine Your Own Ideas

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For today's students to succeed tomorrow, they need a comprehensive education that includes music taught by exemplary music educators.

Vocabulary that works with lawmakers•Academic

•Specific

Examples: “expert services” instead of pullouts                    “essentials” instead of specials 

For today's students to succeed tomorrow, they need a comprehensive education that includes music taught by exemplary music educators.

In practice:•Referring to music as curricular when making Capitol Hill visits

•Committee for Education Funding legislative conference

•Student Centered is a favorite with Administration officials

For today's students to succeed tomorrow, they need a comprehensive education that includes music taught by exemplary music educators.

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