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Shaping Sound Musicians: An Innovative Approach to Teaching Comprehensive Musicianship through Performance. By Patricia O'Toole. GIA Publications (7404 S. Mason Ave., Chicago, IL 60638; 800-442-1358; fax, 708-496-3828; www.giamusic.com), 2003. 396 pp. Music examples, charts and graphs. Hardback, $40.00.
This book offers directors of bands, choirs, and orchestras, and music educators from middle school to college a model for teaching "students to perform with a historical and theoretical understanding of the music and the creative process" (p. xi). The materials presented are based on a teaching model developed by the Wisconsin Comprehensive Musicianship Project (CMP).
The book has three parts. Part one is divided into five chapters that outline the five points of the model: "Score Analysis," "Outcomes," "Strategies," "Assessment," and "Music Selection." These chapters demonstrate...