This book features studies on the future of music education from emerging scholars in the field. These studies are then supplemented by commentaries from established leaders of the music education community. Music Education covers topics such as music and leisure, new forms of media in music teaching and learning, the role of technology in music learning, popular music tuition in the expansion of curricular offering, and assessment of music education research. As such, it is an excellent reference for scholars and teachers as well as guide to the future of the discipline.

Part 1: Working With the Domain 1. Music Education History and the Future Michael Mark 2. In Response to Michael Mark Bennett Reimer 3. Difference and Music Education Lauren Kapalka Richerme 4. A Proleptic Perspective of Music Education Brent C. Talbot 5. The Virtues of Philosophical Practice in Music Education Wayne Bowman Part 2: Making Sense of our Tools 6. The Shifting Locus of Musical Experience from Performance to Recording to New Media: Some Implications for Music Education Matthew Thibeault 7. Inter/trans/multi/cross/new media(ting): Navigating an Emerging Landscape of Digital media for Music Education Evan Tobias 8. Is it the Technology? Challenging Technological Determinism in Music Education Alex Ruthmann, Evan Tobias, Clint Randles and Matthew Thibeault 9. The Technology-Music Dance: Reflections on Making Sense of Our Tools David B. Williams 10. Understanding the Tools: Technology as a Springboard for Reflective Musicking Frank Heuser Part 3:Visualizing Expansion 11. Liminal or Lifelong: Leisure, Collegiate A Capella and the Future of Music Education Roger Mantie 12. Seeking "Success" in Popular Music Gareth Dylan Smith 13. "Pssst...Over Here!" Young Children Shaping the Future of Music Education Alison Reynolds, Kerry Filsinger, Pamela Turowski, and Heather D. Waters 14. Identity and Transformation: (Re)Claiming an Inner Musician Karen Salvador Part 4: Guiding Researchers 15. Methodological Trends in Music Education Research Michael Zelenak 16. Critical Ethnography as/for Praxis: A Pathway for Music Education Marissa Silverman 17. Application of Sound Studies to Qualitative Research in Music Education Joseph Abramo 18. Commentary on Research Snapshot and Qualitative Approaches Richard Colwell 19. Structural Equation Modeling and Multilevel Modeling in Music Education: Advancing Quantitative Research Data Analysis Nicholas Stefanic 20. Reflecting on "Guiding Researchers" Peter R. Webster Part 5: Plotting a Course of Action 21. A Theory of Change in Music Education Clint Randles 22. The Role of Subversion in Changing Music Education John Kratus