The music teaching artist's bible becoming a virtuoso educator

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PART I: CONTEXT 1. What is a Teaching Artist? 2. Teaching Artists in the Arts Learning Ecosystem 3. Guidelines for Teaching Artistry 4. The Best Reason for Being a Teaching Artist 5. Balancing the Two Economies of Today's Musician PART II: THE OVERLOOKED ESSENTIALS 6. Role Play: The Four Angles in Arts Learning 7. Inside the Liminal Zone 8. The Habits of Mind of Musical Learning 9. The Essential Skills of the 21st Century Artist 10. Creating the Playground PART III: LEARNING TO BE A TEACHING ARTIST 11. The Entry Point Question-Where to Begin? 12. A Teaching Artist's Curriculum 13. What Does "Better" Look Like? 14. Mentoring: Myths and Mission PART IV: THE FUNDAMENTALS OF WORKING IN EDUCATION SETTINGS 15. Truth and Dare in Education Programs 16. How to Succeed in School Environments 17. Getting Schooled on School Performances 18. Art for Art's Sake or for the School's Sake? 19. Blind Dates, Steady Dating, and Musical Marriages PART V: CURRENT CHALLENGES 20. Arts Integration: The Hot Zone 21. Reflecting on Reflection 22. The Dos and Don'ts of Assessment 23. Feedback: Giving and Getting It Right PART VI: BRINGING TEACHING ARTISTRY INTO PERFORMANCES 24. Fuller Audience Engagement: What Does It Look Like? 25. Speak Up or Shut Up?: Using Words in Performance 26. Interactive Performances 27. The Very Open Rehearsal PART VII EXPANDING THE ROLES OF THE TEACHING ARTIST 28. The Essential Educational Entrepreneur 29. The Private Music Lesson 30. The Everyday Advocate 31. The Telling Facts of Advocacy PART VIII BEYOND THE BORDERS 32. They Take the High Road 33. The Planet Gets It Together 34. The Guiding Spirit Index