Culturally Responsive Teaching in a High School Percussion Ensemble

Culturally Responsive Teaching in a High School Percussion Ensemble: Validating Immigrant Identities addresses themes of immigration, identity, and culturally responsive teaching in music education using a deep case study of Brazilian samba music in the context of a high school percussion ensemble.

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Christiana Athena-Blackwell is a music educator, ethnomusicologist, songwriter, and performer. Her research centers on themes of identity expression through music, and music of the African Diaspora in the Americas. Currently, she teaches music in Central Vermont, USA. She has an MA in Ethnomusicology from Tufts University and a PhD in Music Education from the Pennsylvania State University.

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Preface

Acknowledgments

Chapter 1. The Setting: Introduction to The World Percussion Ensemble Classroom

Chapter 2. The Strategy: Saunders's Visions for the Somerville Music Program

Chapter 3. The Story: Marcus Santos and Cultural Responsiveness in The World Percussion Ensemble

Chapter 4. The Experience: WPE Students in the Context of Immigration

Chapter 5. The Results: Impacts of Culturally Responsive Teaching in the World Percussion Ensemble

Chapter 6. The Implications: Transferring Methods from WPE to Other Music Education Programs