Special Interest, Power of Music

ALICE'S PIANO: The Life of Alice Herz-Sommer by Melissa Mueller and Reinhardt Piechocki.

by Josephine Poole & Angela Barrett.  A compelling narrative of her childhood and confinement for ages 10 and up.

Transformative Art Movements and the Paintings that Inspired Them

Eric Jensen presents the definitive case for making arts a core part of the basic curriculum.

Music History As It Ought To Be Taught by humorist David Barber.

Three classics for performers to help them become the best musicians they can be. 

by Barry Green.  Energize music making with a myriad of suggestions to create joy and excitement in performance. 

Illuminating insights about  animals and their "musicianly" communication, and insect sounds' connection to our sense of rhythm.

by David Rothnberger, philosopher and jazz musician.

The true story of pianist Alice Herz-Sommer, the world's oldest living Holocaust survivor by Caroline Stoessinger, with a Foreword by Vaclav Havel.

Gustavo Dudamel, El Sistema, and the Transformative Power of Music by Tricia Tunstall.

A Guide for All Music Teachers by Bonnie Blanchard.

Finding Happiness Singing with Others by Stacy Horn. 

Teaching the Art with Heart by Patricia Bourne.

Sofia Lopez-Ibor uses the ideas and processes of Orff Schulwerk, always seeking the experience of the music, the story, the art, the dance. 

Jeffrey Agrill.  Non-threatening games open the door to this most important yet neglected aspect of musicianship.

Guide to Improvising Music and Authentic Group Leadership from Music for People

by Nina Nolan, illus. by John Holyfield. People might say she was born with nothing. But little Mahalia had something: a voice bigger than she was.

Foreword by Maureen Healy