Across the Water: Teaching Irish Music and Dance at Home and Abroad (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781607095781)

Immerse students in the music traditions of the Irish, one of North America's largest ethnic populations. Across the Water: Teaching Irish Music and Dance at Home and Abroad gives general music teachers the tools to introduce the music and dance of Ireland while respecting the music's cultural origins. An overview of the history of Irish traditional music provides a basic understanding of the political and cultural events that have influenced this musical style. Readers learn how Irish traditional music is viewed both in formal and informal schools in Ireland and find a literature review of current ethnomusicology and world music resources. Music teachers can follow the ready-to-use, 8- to 10-week music unit and use the accompanying CD full of authentic materials that the author collected while living in Limerick, Ireland. Recorded in the field, these materials will bring master teachers to the classroom with song, ceili bands, and Irish step and set dancing. Units with Irish ceili assessments.

Author: Rebecca E. Farrell
ISBN-10: 1607095785
ISBN-13: 9781607095781
Publisher: R & L Education
Language: English
Published: 09/01/2010
Pages: 115
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.55lbs
Size: 8.80h x 5.90w x 0.40d

Review Citation(s):
Reference and Research Bk News 02/01/2011 pg. 199

About the Author
Rebecca E. Farrell is a third through fifth grade general music educator and district lead teacher for the Art and Music Departments at Palmyra-Macedon Central School District. She also is a competitive Irish dancer, a highly regarded clinician on performing and studying Irish music in Upstate New York, and a featured traditional singer on the double CD IrishRochester.