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Peer reviewedColgrass, Michael – Music Educators Journal, 2004
In this article, a professional composer shares his experiences writing music for a middle school band. Michael Colgrass was commissioned, along with fourteen other composers, by the American Composers Forum BandQuest project to write a short piece for eighth-grade band. They were asked to pay a couple of visits to a nearby school to work with…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Grade 8, Secondary School Teachers, Musicians
